Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and characteristics of seropositive patients in general hospitals in Daejeon, Korea

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Shin, Dae Whan ^a   Cha, Dong Yeub ^a   Hua, Quan Juan ^a   Cha, Guang Ho ^a   Lee, Young Ha ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Daejeon; General hospital; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KOREA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649989063     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.2.125     Document Type: Article

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