First Colombian multicentric newborn screening for congenital toxoplasmosis.

• Main Authors: Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marin (Author), Alejandra de- (Author), Edith Angel-Muller (Author), Jorge Rubio (Author), Jaime Arenas (Author), Elkin Osorio (Author), Lilian Nuñez (Author), Lyda Pinzon (Author), Luis Carlos Mendez-Cordoba (Author), Agustin Bustos (Author), Isabel de- (Author), Pedro Silva (Author), Monica Beltran (Author), Leonor Chacon (Author), Martha Marrugo (Author), Cristina Manjarres (Author), Hernando Baquero (Author), Fabiana Lora (Author), Elizabeth Torres (Author), Oscar Elias Zuluaga (Author), Monica Estrada (Author), Lacides Moscote (Author), Myriam Teresa Silva (Author), Raul Rivera (Author), Angie Molina (Author), Shirley Najera (Author), Antonio Sanabria (Author), Maria Luisa Ramirez (Author), Claudia Alarcon (Author), Natalia Restrepo (Author), Alejandra Falla (Author), Tailandia Rodriguez (Author), Giovanny Castaño (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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AIMS: To determine the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis in Colombian newborns from 19 hospital or maternal child health services from seven different cities of five natural geographic regions (Caribbean, Central, Andean, Amazonia and Eastern). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We collected 15,333 samples...