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Quality Control Assessment of Canadian Laboratories Testing for Lyme Disease

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 41-45, 1991., 1990
In June 1990 a quality control assessment was undertaken of Canadian public health laboratories testing for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease. Twenty sera were distributed to nine laboratories, including 12 obtained from patients in Lyme endemic areas and presumed to be serological positives, and eight ...
Harvey Artsob, Maxwell Garvie
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Progress on the development of rapid diagnostic tests for foodborne neglected zoonotic helminthiases : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Foodborne Neglected Zoonotic Helminths (FNZH) are parasites of both economic and public health importance. They include Taenia solium, Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato, Echinococcus multilocularis and Foodborne trematodes (FBT).
Chabala, Chishala, Dorny, Pierre, Gabriël, Sarah, Mubanga, Chishimba, Mwape, Kabemba E, Phiri, Isaac K, Schmidt, Veronika, Trevisan, Chiara, Van Damme, Inge, Zulu, Gideon   +9 more
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Recombinant antigen-based immuno-slot blot method for serodiagnosis of syphilis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2004
Three recombinant antigens of Treponema pallidum Nichols strain were fused with GST, cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, resulting in high levels of GST-rTp47 and GST-rTp17 expression, and supplementation with arginine tRNA for the AGR codon was ...
N.S. Sato, T. Suzuki, T. Ueda, K. Watanabe, R.D.C. Hirata, M.H. Hirata   +5 more
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Congenital syphilis confirmed by PCR as a result of treatment failure for syphilis in pregnancy. Case report

Case Reports, 2022
Introduction: Congenital syphilis is a major public health problem, and early diagnosis and treatment are necessary to prevent it. Penicillin G benzathine is the treatment of choice in pregnant women; however, it may fail to prevent fetal infection, as ...
Mery Yolanda Cifuentes Cifuentes, Linda Stefany Gómez Aristizábal, Gladys Pinilla Bermúdez, Claudia Cruz, Jeannette Navarrete   +4 more
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Malignant Syphilis in a Female Patient: A Case Report and Mini-Review

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Malignant syphilis (MS) is a rare form of secondary syphilis with grotesque skin lesions, systemic manifestation and life-threatening complications. This article presents a case of MS in an immunocompetent 41-year-old female, who initially manifested ...
Julija Dimnik, Maja Benko, Violeta Hosta, Andreja Murnik Rauh, Andreja Pagon, Vesna Cvitković Špik, Saba Battelino, Domen Vozel   +7 more
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Factors associated with failure to screen for syphilis during antenatal care in Ghana: a case control study. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: There is little data regarding the effect of ramping up new screening interventions on their uptake by target populations into routine care services in developing countries.
Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw, Dassah, Edward Tieru, Mayaud, Philippe   +2 more
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The Cross-Talk between Spirochetal Lipoproteins and Immunity [PDF]

, 2014
Spirochetal diseases such as syphilis, Lyme disease and leptospirosis are major threats to public health. However the immunopathogenesis of these diseases has not been fully elucidated.
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Oral manifestations of sexually transmitted diseases identified in three stomatology services in South America

Universidad y Salud, 2018
Introduction: Sexually transmitted diseases are defined as a group of infections caused by various agents which are acquired during sexual intercourse. They also tend to generate manifestations in the mouth. Objective: To determine the typical lesions in
Martha Carmona-Lorduy, Ivan Porto-Puerta, Hector Lanfranchi, Wanda Medina-Carmona, Laura Werner, Stella Maturana   +5 more
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To serodiagnosis of syphilis

Kazan medical journal, 2021
Stiden (Bp. Delo, 1924, No. 10) of all sedimentary reactions proposed for the diagnosis of syphilis, especially recommends the Kahn reaction, which, on the one hand, is distinguished by the simplicity of technical implementation, and on the other hand, it is not inferior in accuracy and sensitivity to the Wassermann reaction.
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Evaluation of dot immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) by recombinant protein EPC1 for anti- echinococcus granulosus IGG antibody [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Cystic echinococcosis is an important zoonosis caused by the Echinococcus granulosus with a substantial impact in human and animal health in endemic areas. The purpose of the present study was serodiagnosis optimizing of dog echinococcosis in
Etebar, Fazeleh, Hosseini, Seyed Hossein, Jalousian, Fatemeh, Jones, Malcolm, Kordafshari, Somayeh, Rajabibazl, Masoumeh   +5 more
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