A community-based survey of human toxoplasmosis in rural Amazonia: Seroprevalence, seroconversion rate, and associated risk factors

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 171-176

  Ferreira, Marcelo U ^a   Hiramoto, Roberto M ^c   Aureliano, Débora P ^c   Da Silva Nunes, Mônica ^a,b   Da Silva, Natal S ^a   Malafronte, Rosely S ^a   Muniz, Pascoal T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 67650333882     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.171     Document Type: Article

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