Contact with pigs and cats associated with high prevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies among farmers.
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Contact with pigs and cats associated with high prevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies among farmers.
Antibodies to Toxoplasma were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in sera from 159 abattoir workers, 142 pig farmers, and 106 grain or berry farmers. Farmers occupationally exposed to pigs had antibodies in 53 (37%) cases, abattoir workers in 40 (25%) cases, and farmers not exposed to pigs in 24 (23%) cases. In each group antibodies were more prevalent among those who had a ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.49.12.845