The diagnosis of the small (4- to 6-microns) Cryptosporidium oocysts is labor intensive and relies on stool concentration, with subsequent staining and microscopy. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical utility of an antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (LMD Laboratories, Carlsbad, Calif.) in detecting Cryptosporidium oocysts in human stools. A total...

INTRODUCTION Light emitting diode fluorescence microscopes have many practical advantages over conventional mercury vapour fluorescence microscopes, which would make them the preferred choice for laboratories in both low- and high-resource settings, provided performance is equivalent. METHODS In a nested case-control study, we compared diagnostic accuracy and time required to read slides with...

The mixed micellization between the nonionic surfactant decanoyl-N-methylglucamide (MEGA-10) and the common sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in aqueous solutions of 0.1 M NaCl was investigated by the fluorescence probe method. The critical micelle concentrations were determined by the pyrene 1:3 ratio method. The experimental data are discussed in light of two mixing thermodynamic models within the...

Abstract The materials of six Karen textiles from the British Museum’s collection were investigated with main aim studying production changes over course nineteenth century and how these related to local colonial trade networks. span chronologically 1830s early 1900s according their attribution dates, include traditional garments such as tunics skirts, in addition representing a broad colour pa...

cryptosporidium species are one of the most common causes of gastrointestinal infection in humans around the world. this study has aimed to investigate the hyper variable region of the 18s rrna gene in cryptosporidium for exact parasite identification . dna was extracted from 26 fecal samples from which initially cryptosporidium oocysts were identified by ziehl-neelsen acid-fast , auramine phen...

This study was intended to establish whether there is any relation between immune deficiency and cryptosporidiosis by using an animal model. Forty Rattus norvegicus rats obtained from the Experimental Animal Laboratories of the Ege University Faculty of Medicine were divided into two groups. The first group (n = 20) received corticosteroids (dexamethasone, 1.5 mg, subcutaneously, twice weekly) ...