Regional variation in toxoplasmosis seronegativity in the São Paulo metropolitan region Variação regional na soronegatividade para toxoplasmose na região metropolitana de São Paulo

Toxoplasmosis is a highly prevalent zoonotic human infection caused by the Apicomplexa protozoon Toxoplasma gondii. The acute disease is usually mild or asymptomatic, except for foetal infection transmitted by acutely infected pregnant women, which courses as a devastating disease. In order to deter...

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Main Authors: A.C.S. Guimarães, M. Kawarabayashi, M.M. Borges, J.E. Tolezano, H.F. Andrade Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1993-12-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651993000600001