Seroepidemiology of human Toxoplasma gondii infection in China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xiao, Yue ^a   Yin, Jigang ^a   Jiang, Ning ^a   Xiang, Mei ^b   Hao, Lili ^c   Lu, Huijun ^a   Sang, Hong ^d   Liu, Xianying ^b   Xu, Huiji ^e   Ankarklev, Johan ^f   Lindh, Johan ^f   Chen, Qijun ^a,c,f  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^d The Sixth Hospital of Changchun City   (China)

^e SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXOPLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749169864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-4     Document Type: Article

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