Human basophil degranulation test in diagnosis of hydatidosis.

Human basophil degranulation test in diagnosis of hydatidosis.

Protein and energy malnutrition and iron-deficiency anaemia are widespread among preschool children in India. Because of a poor antibody response in severely malnourished children admitted to hospital it has been suggested that mass vaccination programmes would not be effective in populations where malnutrition is widespread. Earlier studies by this institute, however, have shown that most chil...

Modulation of Human Basophil Degranulation by Geranylgeranyl Compounds.

Recent experimental studies have shown that the basophil is critical for a subtype of anaphylaxis or IgEmediated very late-phase skin inflammation.1 Motility and activation of basophils are known to be regulated by various endogenous and or exogenous substances. The panel of known such basophil-directed molecules is expanding. One important candidate may be geranylgeranyl compounds, which were ...

Application of a modified human enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit for diagnosis of hydatidosis in sheep

Cystic hydatid disease (hydatidosis) is one of the most important zoonosis that is caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus . As its diagnosis by clinical symptoms alone is difficult and confusing, serologic diagnostic techniques are used to confirm the disease. These techniques can also be used for   epidemiologic studies. The present study was performed with a commercial human en...

Comparison of ELISA and Agar Gel Diffusion Techniques in Diagnosis of Human Hydatidosis.

[Basophil activation test in the diagnosis of allergy to medicines].

In this paper we study the reliability of the basophil activation test (BAT) in the "in-vitro" diagnosis of allergy to betalactams and to metamizol, and the sensitivity and specificity of the technique are analyzed. To this end, we studied 58 patients allergic to betalactam antibiotics with a positive cutaneous test facing any derivative of penicillin and 30 healthy controls who tolerated betal...