Seroepidemiological survey of polio in Northern Thailand, 1977

SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF FASCIOLIASIS IN NORTHERN IRAN

Following an outbreak of fascioliasis in Anzali Harbor in 1988, 452 blood samples were collected using a multistage sampling method for hematological and serological studies. After determination of eosinophilia in the samples, antifasciolia antibodies in the sera were also determined using enzyme linked immuno sorbant assay (ELISA) and counter-current immuno electrophoresis (CCIE). 64.2% ...

[Seroepidemiological study of rubella in Thailand].

The epidemiology of rubella in Thailand was studied by measuring the HI antibodies in 2,798 human serum samples collected in 1977 and from 1982 through 1986. In the study of the Meo and Karen hill tribes and employees of the Raming Tea Plantation living in high land in 1977, high antibody-negative rates against rubella were observed among young children aged 14 or less, so that the antibody was...

Seroepidemiological Survey of Human Hydatidosis in Western Part of Iran

Seroepidemiological survey among schoolchildren during the 2000-2001 dengue outbreak of Ratchaburi Province, Thailand.

From August 2000 to 2001, a dengue outbreak occurred in Mueang district, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. About 800 cases of dengue infection were reported, and among them, 49.5% were clinically diagnosed as dengue hemorrhagic fever according to the WHO criteria. During the outbreak, the incidence rate of dengue infection in Hin Gong subdistrict was 2.9 per 1,000 population. A seroepidemiological...

A seroepidemiological survey of Q fever among sheep in Mazandaran province, northern Iran.

Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii which infects various hosts, including humans and animals. As Q fever is considered a public health problem and there is little epidemiological information on the status of the disease in various parts of Iran, the presented study was carried out to evaluate the seroepidemiology of Q fever among sheep in the province of Mazandaran, northern Iran...