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Serologic tests for treponematoses

Nsanze, H; Lestringant, GG; Ameen, AM; Lambert, JM; Galadari, I; Usmani, MA.

A clinico-serologic study of leprosy. I. Results of serologic tests for syphilis, including the Treponema pallidum immobilization test.

For many years it has been known that leprosy patients are prone to give positive reactions in the serologic tests for syphil is (STS) in common use. Badger (1) reviewed the literature on the subject up to 193 1. Since that time, several other studies have been made (2-5, 10, 12, 13, 15). almost all of them showing that reactions occur frequenty in STS's in the sera of patients with leprosy. so...

Comparison of serologic screening tests for brucellosis.

The slide agglutination test (SAT), microagglutination test (MAT), and card agglutination test (CAT) were compared with each other, using the tube agglutination test (TAT) as the standard method, by two reference laboratories to determine effectiveness as screening tests for human brucellosis. TAT titers of 1,253 sera tested in both laboratories were compared. In one laboratory, 1,270 sera were...

Serologic studies of African Horse-sickness Virus with Emphasis on Neutralizaition Test in Tissue Culture

Interpretation of HIV serologic testing results.

A 33-year-old male patient visited the outpatient clinic at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for a routine follow-up for obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, allergic rhinitis, and depression. He was maintained on a nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure device, loratadine, duloxetine, and fluticasone nasal spray. He was a resident of Boston and had not traveled outside the country. He denied i...