Congenital toxoplasmosis and DALYs in the Netherlands.
The calculation of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) enables public health policy makers to compare the burden of disease of a specific disease with that of other (infectious) diseases. The incidence of a disease is important for the calculation of DALYs. To estimate the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT), a random sample of 10,008 dried blood spot filter paper cards from babies born in 2006 in the Netherlands were tested for Toxoplasma gondii-specific IgM antibodies. Eighteen samples were confirmed as positive for IgM, resulting in an observed birth incidence of CT of 1.8 cases p... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26836282 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/40098 |