Seroprevalence and national distribution of human toxoplasmosis in Mexico: Analysis of the 2000 and 2006 National Health Surveys

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 653-659

  Caballero Ortega, Heriberto ^a   Uribe Salas, Felipe Javier ^b,c   Conde Glez, Carlos J ^b   Cedillo Pelaez, Carlos ^a   Vargas Villavicencio, José Antonio ^a   Luna Pastén, Héctor ^a   Cañedo Solares, Irma ^a   Ortiz Alegría, Luz Belinda ^a   Correa, Dolores ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Human beings; Mexico; National Health Surveys; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84867330888     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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