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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

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