Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Animal-Friendly Pig Production Systems [PDF]
, 2004 PURPOSE. Consumption of undercooked pork meat products has been considered a major risk factor for contracting toxoplasmosis in humans. Indoor farming and improved hygiene have drastically reduced Toxoplasma infections in pigs over the past decades ...
Cornelissen, Jan +5 more
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Cryptococcal Meningitis Diagnostics and Screening in the Era of Point-of-Care Laboratory Testing. [PDF]
, 2019 Over the past ten years, standard diagnostics for cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected persons have evolved from culture to India ink to detection of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg), with the recent development and distribution of a point-of-care lateral ...
Beyene, T +5 more
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Detection of PBP2a (penicillin-binding protein 2a) and mecA gene in methicillin resistant staphylococci originated from animals [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria, 2012 For the purpose of detecting methicillin (oxacillin) resistance in staphylococcal strains, in a number of microbiological laboratories only disc diffusion method with cefoxitin and/or oxacillin discs is used.
Ašanin Jelena +4 more
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New immunolatex spheres: visual markers of antigens on lymphocytes for scanning electron microscopy [PDF]
, 1975 New immunochemical reagents consisting of antibodies bound to small latex spheres were used as visual markers for the detection and localization of cell surface antigens by scanning electron microscopy.
Dreyer, William J. +3 more
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Effect of some chemicals on the humoral immune response in mice experimentally infected with toxoplasmosis [PDF]
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2009 The present study was arranged to include the use of four serological testes for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in infected mice with treated or non treated tissue cysts and these tests included that latex agglutination test, modified latex agglutination ...
S. S. Aghwan
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Mycoplasma-Latex Agglutination Reaction [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 1966 Morton, HarryE. (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia).Mycoplasma-latex agglutination reaction. J. Bacteriol.92:1196–1205. 1966.—The building up ofMycoplasmacell mass through adsorption to carrier particles as a method for enhancing the agglutination reaction to identifyMycoplasmais described.Mycoplasmacells of human, avian, swine, goat, sewage ...
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Latex agglutination test for ferritin measurement [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 2003 AbstractFerritin is an indispensable parameter in the diagnosis of latent iron deficiency anemia or siderosis. In this study, we evaluated the utility of a reagent for ferritin measurement in a latex agglutination (LA) test, using general chemistry analyzers.
Nobuo, Kotajima +5 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
, 2009 Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies.
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Comparative analysis of diagnostic methods for the detection of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundCryptococcosis is a devastating opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals, primarily in people living with HIV/AIDS. This study evaluated a protocol for the early diagnosis of meningitis due to C.
Katia Cristina Dantas +7 more
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Cultural imagery and statistical models of the force of mortality: Addison, Gompertz and Pearson [PDF]
, 2010 We describe selected artistic and statistical depictions of the force of mortality (hazard or mortality rate), which is a concept that has long preoccupied actuaries, demographers and statisticians.
Hanley, JA, Turner, EL
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