Infection with toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy: Seroepidemiological studies in Austria

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-26

  Edelhofer, R ^a   Prossinger, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Cats; Domestic animals; Pregnant women; Seroepidemiology; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild mammals

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; CAT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; AUSTRIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COOKERY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOATS; HUMANS; MEAT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 74049140692     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01279.x     Document Type: Review

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