Seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection among children in Swaziland, Southern Africa

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 731-736

  Liao, C W ^a   Lee, Y L ^a   Sukati, H ^b   D'Lamini, P ^c   Huang, Y C ^a   Chiu, C J ^d   Chou, C M ^a   Liu, Y H ^a   Chiu, W T ^a   Du, W Y ^e   Hung, C C ^f   Chan, H C ^g   Chu, B ^a   Cheng, H C ^a   Su, J ^a   Tu, C C ^h   Cheng, C Y ^h   Fan, C K ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Blood Programme   (Swaziland)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Welfare   (Swaziland)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g Sacred Heart Girls High School   (Taiwan)

^h Taiwan Medical Mission in Kingdom of Swaziland   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWAZILAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77949455971     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349809X12554106963474     Document Type: Article

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