Frequency of Toxoplasma Infection Among Pregnant Women and Their Newborn in Kashan, Iran
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1Department of Parasitology, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran 3Department of Pediatrics, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran 4Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 5Department of Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan,IR Iran
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