Oocyst ingestion as an important transmission route of toxoplasma gondii in Brazilian Urban children

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1080-1084

  Dattoli, V C C ^a   Veiga, R V ^a,b   Cunha, S S ^a,c   Pontes De Carvalho, L ^a,d   Barreto, M L ^a,b   Alcantara Neves, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Cidade Universitria 50670 901   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY; CHILD HEALTH; DATA ACQUISITION; HYGIENE; INFECTIVITY; INGESTION RATE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SERUM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN SITE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OOCYSTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URBAN POPULATION;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SALVADOR;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84855414418     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2836.1     Document Type: Article

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