Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in drivers involved in road traffic accidents in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Galván Ramírez, Ma De La Luz ^a   Sánchez Orozco, Laura Verónica ^a   Rodríguez, Laura Rocío ^a   Rodríguez, Saúl ^a   Roig Melo, Enrique ^a   Troyo Sanromán, Rogelio ^a   Chiquete, Erwin ^b   Armendáriz Borunda, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; Toxoplasmosis; Traffic accidents; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84885347714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-294     Document Type: Article

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