Prevalence and risk factors of toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 528-533

  Sroka, Susann ^a   Bartelheimer, Nina ^a   Winter, Andreas ^a   Heukelbach, Jörg ^b   Ariza, Liana ^b   Ribeiro, Heliane ^b   Araujo Oliveira, Fabíola ^b   Nogueira Queiroz, Ajax Jose ^b   Alencar Jr , Carlos ^b   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHICKEN MEAT; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYST; PET ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 77957082228     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0082     Document Type: Article

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