Toxoplasma gondii infection in workers occupationally exposed to unwashed raw fruits and vegetables: A case control seroprevalence study

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Alvarado Esquivel, Cosme ^a   Estrada Martínez, Sergio ^a   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Roche Molecular Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; epidemiology; fruits workers; occupational exposure; seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BUILDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAW MEAT; REFLEX DISORDER; SEROPREVALENCE; TONSILLITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAVEL; VEGETABLE; WORKER; AGED; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455237882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-235     Document Type: Article

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