Seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection among healthy blood donors in south-east of Iran

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 362-367

  Mahmoudvand, H ^a   Saedi Dezaki, E ^b   Soleimani, S ^c   Baneshi, M R ^d   Kheirandish, F ^e   Ezatpour, B ^e   Zia ali, N ^a,b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Kerman Blood Transfusion Centre   (Iran)

^d KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; IgG antibody; IgM antibody; Real Time PCR; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EDUCATION; EGG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GARDENING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MALE; MILK; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAW FOOD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84930981837     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pim.12198     Document Type: Article

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