Toxoplasma gondii infection in workers occupationally exposed to raw meat

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-269

  Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a   Liesenfeld, O ^b,d   Estrada Martinez S ^a   Felix Huerta J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Servicios de Salud de Durango ^*  (Mexico)

^d Roche Molecular Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

Butchers; Case control study; Epidemiology; Occupational exposure; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957852238     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr032     Document Type: Article

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