objective: human cmv is the most causative agent of a very common viral infection contacted by most adults that have no noticeable or with only mild uncharacteristic symptoms. however when a pregnant women is infected with cmv as a primary infection, there is a risk for transmission of virus to the fetus as well as reactivation of virus in rare case. hcmv antibodies were already described in sp...

background : toxocariasis is a zoonotic disease caused by the ascarid of dogs and cats, the main representative of which is a toxocara canis . distribution of the disease is world wide and is more prevalent in children. the present study was carried out in children of kashmir valley, to determine the toxocariasis seropositivity. methods : for the present seroepidemiological study, blood samples...

results: the mean age of participants in the experimental and control groups were 33.31 ± 7.47 and 34.38 ± 11.29 years, respectively. in the wright tube test for the hiv+ group, 71 individuals (79.8%) did not have an antibody against brucella spp., while 18 patients (20.2%) were positive for the antibody. according to the results of wright tube test for the control group, 63 (12.5%) participant...

conclusions results indicated that the present vaccination program is insufficient for immunity against measles in this area. the general population immunity was lower than the necessary level for the elimination of measles. therefore, sero-epidemiological studies are necessary to organize national programs for control and elimination of measles. results overall, 821 (91.2%) of the studied popu...

BACKGROUND Fascioliasis caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica is a foodborne and waterborne zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution. The illness occurs in regions with intensive sheep or cattle production. In some parts of Iran the incidence of human infection has increased over the past decades. Since Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province has been known as a main pole of traditiona...

background hepatitis a virus (hav) and hepatitis e virus (hev) are both transmitted by the fecal-oral route and are known as the leading causes of acute viral hepatitis in the world, especially in developing countries. there is a lack of updated data on hav and hev seroprevalence in iran. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of hav and hev among a group of blood ...

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne disease characterized by fever, thrombocytopenia and diarrhea. SFTS was firstly reported in Korea in 2013 but its seroprevalence in the country has yet to be investigated. Here, we investigate the seroprevalence of SFTS in a Korean population. A cross-sectional study was conducted on patients who had their sera tested ...

A cross-sectional seroprevalence study of anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies was performed in Jerusalem domestic and stray cats. An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) immunodiagnostic technique was used and results analyzed according to specific variables. The overall seroprevalence was 16.8%. After an initial high seroprevalence of 29.7% in kittens after 1-10 days of age, average pos...

The seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in a sample of 292 merino sheep farmed in a semi-intensive manner in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, was investigated. Antibody seroprevalence was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Of the total sample, 23 sheep tested positive for T. gondii antibodies (8%; 95% CI: 4.7688-10.9846). There was no statistically...

An epidemiological survey of Theileria annulata infection was undertaken in a cattle population in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The local cattle breeds from the area (North Bengal Gray and Deshi) and crosses between the local breeds and Holstein cattle were predominantly screened. In total, 192 cattle serum samples were collected in two areas of Rajshahi Division, the Rajshahi District (n=147...