Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in a metropolitan region of Brazil

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1809-1815

  Fernandes, G C V R ^a   Azevedo, R S ^a   Amaku, M ^a   Yu, A L F ^a   Massad, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiological parameters; Incidence; Mathematical modelling; Seroepidemiology; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DELIVERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449701818     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002799     Document Type: Article

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