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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060686
Personal Author:
Heukelbach, Jorg ; Meyer-Cirkel, Vanessa ; Moura, Rômulo César Sabóia ; Gomide, Márcia ; Queiroz, José Ajax Nogueira ; ... More +
Heukelbach, Jorg ; Meyer-Cirkel, Vanessa ; Moura, Rômulo César Sabóia ; Gomide, Márcia ; Queiroz, José Ajax Nogueira ; Saweljew, Peter ; Liesenfeld, Oliver Less -
Description:
Two waterborne outbreaks of toxoplasmosis have been described recently in southern Brazil. We present data from a community-based study of pregnant women in northeastern Brazil. Consumption of homemade ice was the only variable associated with seropositivity (adjusted odds ratio, 3.1, 95% confidence interval, 1.53-6.24). Our results suggest that water is a source of infection with Toxoplasma gondii.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dispatch
Female
Humans
Odds Ratio
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
Risk Factors
Toxoplasma
Water

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(2):287-289.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Brazil
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:06f5d31a231f064c4beb4bd7c0358ff82ebb7d463d522c32abbbcb0c406495fe
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