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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
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Toxoplasma gondii Infections and Associated Factors in Female Children and Adolescents, Germany

Laura Giese1Comments to Author , Frank Seeber1, Anton Aebischer, Ronny Kuhnert, Martin Schlaud, Klaus Stark, and Hendrik Wilking
Author affiliation: Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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Figure 1

Weighted seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infections in female children and adolescents by age, Germany, 2014–2017 (red). For comparison, results of Wilking et al. (3), a previous study among adults, were added to the graph (black)

Figure 1. Weighted seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infections in female children and adolescents by age, Germany, 2014–2017 (red). For comparison, results of Wilking et al. (3), a previous study among adults, were added to the graph (black)

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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