Toxoplasma gondii Oocyst-specific antibodies and source of infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1591-1593

  Muñoz Zanzi, Claudia A ^a,b   Fry, Paulina ^b   Lesina, Blaz ^b   Hill, Dolores ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SSP ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEAT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; OOCYSTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958547600     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1610.091674     Document Type: Article

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