Congenital toxoplasmosis: Clinical features, outcomes, treatment, and prevention

Tropical Parasitology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 113-122

  Singh, Sarman ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Effect of climate; food borne toxoplasmosis; incidence; India; live births; oocysts; prevalence; sexual mode of transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988664470     PISSN: 22295070     EISSN: 22297758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2229-5070.190813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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