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The relationship between Toxoplasma gondii infection in mothers and neonate’s gender

Mohammad Saleh Bahreinia Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranView further author information
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Fatemeh Zareia Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranView further author information
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Naghmeh Dastana Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranView further author information
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Sareh Sami Jahromib Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranView further author information
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Pegah Pourzarghamc Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranView further author information
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Qasem Asgaria Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 4263-4267 | Received 19 Mar 2020, Accepted 05 Nov 2020, Published online: 18 Nov 2020

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