Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in North Indian blood donors: Implications for transfusion transmissible toxoplasmosis

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-40

  Elhence, Priti ^a   Agarwal, Prashant ^a   Prasad, Kashi Nath ^a   Chaudhary, Rajendra K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955413196     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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