OBJECTIVE : To assess the role of Indirect Haemagglutination Test for the diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess. STUDY DESIGN : Comparative Study PLACE AND DURATION : This study was carried out at Basic medical Sciences Institute, JPMC, Karachi from February 2000 to January 2001. SUBJECTS AND METHODS : Blood samples were obtained from 100 cases of amoebic liver abscess and 100 age matched healthy ...

The findings agree closely with those of Hobbs and Aw (1968). The isoamylase patterns of normal plasma and urine are similar, though the activity in urine is greater. Three bands are usually found in normal urine, the slower, and usually more distinct, band being the pancreatic component, and the faster those derived from salivary gland. The activities of these isoenzymes in plasma appear to be...

To elucidate inconsistencies in rubella haemagglutinin assays the components of the assay technique were examined. The results of carefully controlled assays of rubella haemagglutinin antigens from different sources in various plates and diluents with four species of indicator cells are reported. The quality and quantity of gelatin in the dextrose-gelatin-veronal buffered diluent commonly used ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Newcastle Disease in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Five districts were selected which includes; Lafia central, Shabu, Kwandare, Assakio and Agyaragu. A total of 1,250 samples were randomly collected for a period of 18 months (June2011 to November, 2012). Haemagglutination Inhibition (HI) Test was used to analyz...

a b s t r a c t introduction: diabetes mellitus is accompanied with disturbances in learning, memory, and cognitive skills in the human society and experimental animals. due to anti-diabetic and antioxidant activity of rumex patientia (rp), this research study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of chronic rumex patientia feeding on alleviation of learning and memory disturbance in streptozo...

The extracellular Opacity Factor elaborated by a strain of group A streptococcus M type 2 was purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose and hydroxylapatite column chromatography and Sephadex G-200 gel filtration. Gel filtration experiments indicated that the Opacity Factor is consituted of high molecular weight proteins or protein aggregates which appear to dissociate into sub...

The nosological status of Still's disease (juvenile chronic polyarthritis) in relation to adult rheumatoid arthritis has been widely debated; one of the major differences is the markedly lower frequency of rheumatoid factor in the former even at low titres. Bywaters, Carter, and Scott (1959) reported that only 13-4 per cent. of 142 patients had a positive Waaler-Rose or differential agglutinati...

Optimal conditions for carrying out the indirect haemagglutination test with sheep erythrocytes were studied using the microtitre system. The age of the erythrocytes, concentration of reagents, time and temperature of tanning, sensitization, and incubation are described with reference to replication of titres. Sera from patients with amoebic colitis were used to evaluate the test conditions.

A new variant of viral haemorrhagic disease of rabbits (VHD) virus, recently detected in Poland and called Blaszki (BLA), gives positive results in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and exhibits viral protein of 60 kilodaltons (VP 60), as detected by Western blot analysis. This BLA variant of VHD virus has caused high morbidity and mortality in rabbits, as have other reported variants w...