Risk factors for toxoplasma infection in pregnant women in FYR of Macedonia

Parasite

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-186

  Cvetkovic D ^a,b   Bobic B ^c   Jankovska, G ^a   Klun, I ^c   Panovski, N ^a   Djurkovic Djakovic O ^c  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Infection; Macedonia; Pregnant women; Risk factors; Seroepidemiology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77956659265     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2010173183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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