Leptospirosis is a severe spirochetal zoonosis in the world. It is considered an occupational disease of persons engaged in agriculture, sewage works, forestry, and animal slaughtering. A study was conducted with an objective of assessing the seroprevalence of leptospirosis in and around Vellore district, Tamil Nadu. The study was based on the signs and symptoms of the patients reporting fever ...

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A prevalence study of past Lyme borreliosis in persons with outdoor occupations was done. Consenting individuals (n = 302) were administered a questionnaire eliciting demographic and occupational data and a clinical history, and were asked to donate a serum specimen for detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), immunoblotting, and borrelia inh...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease is an immune-mediated inflammation of the small intestine caused by sensitivity to dietary gluten in genetically sensitive individuals. OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed to evaluate the predictive value of tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibodies for the diagnosis of celiac disease in a pediatric population in order to determine if duodenal biopsy can be avoided. ...

In 1942 a report was made on the studies of a group of citrate-positive organisms, isolated from fecal specimens in the course of examinations for enteric pathogens, that could not be classified biochemically or serologically in any of the established groups (Cope and Kilander, 1942). They were gram-negative anaerogenic bacilli, resembling shigellae in most of their biochemical reactions. Lacto...

Over a period of several years there has been isolated in the laboratories of the Receiving Hospital, Detroit, an unusual gram-negative organism, characterized by mucoid growth and relatively simple biochemical activity, which fits into no known bacteriological classification. A large percentage of these cultures were isolated from urine specimens, although an occasional strain was found in spu...