Case-control study of an outbreak of acute toxoplasmosis in an industrial plant in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 239-244

  Ekman, Claudio Cesar Jaguaribe ^a   Chiossi, Maria Fernanda do Valle ^a   Meireles, Luciana Regina ^a   de Andrade, Heitor Franco ^a   Figueiredo, Walter Manso ^a   Marciano, Maria Aparecida Moraes ^a,b   Luna, Expedito José de Albuquerque ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case control study; Elisa; Foodborne disease; Green vegetables; Igg avidity; Outbreak; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; WATER;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MEAT; OOCYST; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SANITATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84866531090     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652012000500001     Document Type: Article

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