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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella virus and Cytomegalovirus among pregnant women and the importance of avidity assays

Mumtaz C. Sirin, Neval Agus, Nisel Yilmaz, Arzu Bayram, Yeser K. Derici, Pinar Samlioglu, Sevgi Y. Hanci and Guliz Dogan
Saudi Medical Journal July 2017, 38 (7) 727-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.7.18182
Mumtaz C. Sirin
From the Department of Medical Microbiology, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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Neval Agus
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Nisel Yilmaz
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Arzu Bayram
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Yeser K. Derici
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Pinar Samlioglu
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Sevgi Y. Hanci
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Guliz Dogan
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Saudi Medical Journal Jul 2017, 38 (7) 727-732; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.7.18182

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