Seasonal variations in human Toxoplasma infection in Serbia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 465-469

  Bobić, Branko ^a   Klun, Ivana ^a   Nikolić, Aleksandra ^a   Vujanić, Marija ^a   Živković, Tijana ^a   Ivović, Vladimir ^a   Djurković Djaković, Olgica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acute infection; Risk factors; Seasonality; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERBIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOIL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

TOXOPLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SERBIA; SOIL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954183330     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0153     Document Type: Article

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