Seroepidemiology of toxoplasma gondii infection in elderly people in a northern Mexican City

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 568-574

  Alvarado Esquivel, Cosme ^a   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^b   Burciaga López, Blanca Delia ^c   Ramos Nevárez, Agar ^c   Estrada Martínez, Sergio ^a   Cerrillo Soto, Sandra Margarita ^c   Carrete Ramírez, Francisco Antolín ^c   López Centeno, María De Lourdes ^c   Ruiz Martínez, María Magdalena ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CENTRO MÉDICO NACIONAL 20 DE NOVIEMBRE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Elderly people; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; IGUANA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARMADILLOS; CATS; CATTLE; COLUMBIDAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGUANAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MEAT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ARMADILLO; COLUMBA; IGUANA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84864073327     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0875     Document Type: Article

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