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Toxoplasma antibodies in the sera of immigrants to the United Kingdom from Asia and East Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. S. Dodge
J. S. Dodge
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Sera from 203 Asian immigrants to the United Kingdom were examined for toxoplasma antibodies. The antibody titres were not significantly different from those found in the indigenous population although there was some indication that a higher domestic animal–human contact in Asia was associated with a higher positivity rate.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 70 , Issue 4 , December 1972 , pp. 763 - 765
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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