Seroepidemiology of infection with toxoplasma gondii in workers occupationally exposed to water, sewage, and soil in Durango, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 847-850

  Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a   Liesenfeld, O ^a,b,c   Marquez Conde J A ^a   Estrada Martinez S ^a   Dubey, J P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Roche Molecular Diagnostics   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SEWAGE; SOIL; WATER;

ANTIBODY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRUIT; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOASSAY; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WORKER CASTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; BLOOD; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GARDENING; IMMUNOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GARDENING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEWAGE; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAVEL; WATER;

DURANGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77958180911     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2453.1     Document Type: Article

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