Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in unmarried women in Qazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-28

  Jahani Hashemi, H ^a   Saraei, M ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; PREGNANCY; SEROPREVALENCE; STUDENT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 76749100796     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.1.24     Document Type: Article

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