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Toxoplasma antibodies in immigrants from Hong Kong

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

S. K. K. Seah
S. K. K. Seah
Affiliation:
Queen Mary Veterans Hospital and Montreal Chinese Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The sera of 200 Chinese adults recently immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong were examined for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by the indirect fluorescent antibody technique. It was found that the total incidence was 18·0%. This is significantly lower than that of the indigenous population of the same age groups in this area.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 19 - 22
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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