Serologic Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Indian Women of Child Bearing Age and Effects of Social and Environmental Factors

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Singh, Sarman ^a   Munawwar, Arshi ^a   Rao, Sugandhi ^b   Mehta, Sanjay ^c   Hazarika, Naba Kumar ^d  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c CUS Medical College   (India)

^d ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INDIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897397197     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002737     Document Type: Article

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