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Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1994 The laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection has progressed greatly since the introduction of the commercially prepared, HIV antibody assay in 1985. However, the antibody assay remains the gold standard since the sensitivity and specificity of properly ...
MV O’Shaughnessy, S Cassol
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Diagnosing HIV “window phase” in routine laboratory: a teaching case
Microbiologia Medica, 2011 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a retrovirus that inserts itself into the host’s DNA and use the host – cell’s replication mechanisms for its own perpetuation.
Roberta Valentina Marotta +7 more
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Immunological and laboratory features of HIV infection in infants of the first year of life
Журнал инфектологии, 2014 To study the characteristics of laboratory tests of infants born to HIV-positive women and left without parental care in the dynamics analyzed blood samples using methods of immunological and serological diagnosis of HIV infection, the qualitative and ...
V. N. Timchenko +2 more
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Laboratory-associated infections and biosafety [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1995 An estimated 500,000 laboratory workers in the United States are at risk of exposure to infectious agents that cause disease ranging from inapparent to life-threatening infections, but the precise risk to a given worker unknown. The emergence of human immunodeficiency virus and hantavirus, the continuing problem of hepatitis B virus, and the ...
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Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1991 Laboratory diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is complicated by absence of data on sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the various tests as they apply to children. The presence of maternal anti-HIV passively transmitted across the placenta also confounds diagnosis.
K, Krasinski, W, Borkowsky
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015 Introduction: Clonorchis sinensis is one of the most important foodborne pathogens in humans, and can cause biliary diseases such as gallstones, cholecystitis, cholangitis, and cholangiocarcinoma.
Chao Yan +10 more
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BMC Genomics, 2020 Background Shigella is a Gram-negative facultative intracellular bacterium that causes bacillary dysentery in humans. Shigella invades cells of the colonic mucosa owing to its virulence plasmid-encoded Type 3 Secretion System (T3SS), and multiplies in ...
Ramón Cervantes-Rivera +2 more
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On the Issue of Herpes Infection as an Actual Problem Nowadays
Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2016 Among persistent intracellular agents, a group of herpesviruses occupies the leading place after the prevalence. The World Health Organization (WHO) warns the international community of the danger of latent herpes infection pandemic. According to the WHO,
V.P. Borak +3 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Ischemia-induced inflammatory response is the main pathological mechanism of myocardial infarction (MI)-caused heart tissue injury. It has been known that helminths and worm-derived proteins are capable of modulating host immune response to ...
Lingqin Wu +13 more
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Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Deficiency Beyond Infancy
Case Reports in ImmunologyMajor histocompatibility complex class (MHC)-II deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive combined immunodeficiency, accounting for 4.1% of inborn errors of immunity (IEI) cases in North Africa and the Middle East.
Aziza Bachir Kattra +7 more
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