Kinetics of Toxoplasma infection in the Balkans

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 2-6

  Bobić, Branko ^a   Nikolić, Aleksandra ^a   Klun, Ivana ^a   Djurković–Djaković, Olgica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Prevalence; The Balkans; Toxoplasmosis; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFECTION RISK; KINETICS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MEAT; MONITORING; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; SUMMER; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WINTER;

EID: 83655163821     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-011-0052-6     Document Type: Review

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