Seropositivity of Toxoplasmosis in Pregnant Women by ELISA at Minia University Hospital, Egypt |
Kamal, Amany M.
(Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University)
Ahmed, Azza K. (Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University) Abdellatif, Manal Z.M. (Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University) Tawfik, Mohamed (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University) Hassan, Ebtesam E. (Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University) |
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