Seroprevalence of and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies among asymptomatic blood donors in Egypt

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1471-1476

  Elsheikha, Hany M ^a   Azab, Manar S ^b   Abousamra, Nashwa K ^b   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^c,d   Elghannam, Doaa M ^b   Raafat, Douaa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 67349163253     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1350-z     Document Type: Article

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