Seventy-seven first-time mothers were selected on the basis of high salivary counts of Strep. mutans [greater than 10(6) c.f.u. (colony forming units) per ml saliva]; 40 mothers were in the control group and 37 in the test group. Their infants were 3-8 months of age at the start of the study. A prophylactic programme for the test mothers, aiming at a reduction of Strep. mutans, was repeated at ...

BACKGROUND Several association studies have shown that -844 G/A and HindIII C/G PAI-1 polymorphisms are related with increase of PAI-1 levels, obesity, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, hypertension and dyslipidemia, which are components of metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study was to analyze the allele and genotype frequencies of these polymorphisms in PAI-1 gene and its association...

BACKGROUND Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has an important impact in public health with high morbidity and mortality. Prothrombotic and proinflammatory states are involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is the major inhibitor of the fibrinolysis and also is part of immune response. The -844 G>A gene polymorphism is related to increased PAI-1 protein...

1. Starch, containing 7.05 atom per cent C(13) excess has been produced in the mesophyll cells of bean leaves, starting with C(13)O(2) containing 7.26 atom per cent C(13) excess. Approximately 67 per cent of the C(13) taken up by the leaves was determined in the starch fraction. 2. The soluble carbohydrate, containing 6.72 atom per cent C(13) excess, accounts for approximately 23 per cent of th...

This study sought to investigate trends in the prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in heterosexual patients attending an urban sexual health service. Data from cases of C. trachomatis in all new self-referred heterosexual patients who were tested at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre from 1994 to 2000 were extracted from the Centre's database. Female sex workers and homosexually ...

Out of 270 students in 17 blind school institutions in Malawi 73 per cent were blind before the age of three. The most common cause for the blindness was ocular infection (75-2 per cent). Meales, as a single cause, was responsible for 43-7 per cent of the cases and smallpox for 5-2 per cent. Bacterial infections were incriminated in 26-3 per cent of the cases. Most of these had received traditi...