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Toxoplasma gondii infection in cancer patients: prevalence, risk factors, genotypes and association with clinical diagnosis.
Cancer letters - 10 Apr 2015
Cong Wei, Liu Guo-Hua, Meng Qing-Feng, Dong Wei, Qin Si-Yuan, Zhang Fu-Kai, Zhang Xiang-Yan, Wang Xiang-Yang, Qian Ai-Dong, Zhu Xing-Quan
Abstract excerpt
Prevalence of human infection with Toxoplasma gondii has been increasing in China due to the increasing number of cats. However, little is known of the epidemiology of T. gondii infection in different cancer patient groups. Thus, a case-control study of 900 cancer patients and 900 controls was conducted to detect anti-T. gondii antibodies by ELISA in China. Genomic DNA was extracted from the diseased tissues of...
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