background brucellosis remains a major worldwide zoonosis. caprine brucellosis is a significant problem for both public health and animal production. brucella melitensis causes disease in goats, sheep, humans, and occasionally cattle. transmission is by ingestion or contact with infected materials, vaginal discharge, or milk. objectives the current study aimed to determine the rate of b. melite...

background leptospirosis as an emerging infectious disease is considered as an important public health problem worldwide. objectives the current study aimed to identify potential risks for leptospirosis among rice farmers in khuzestan province, iran. patients and methods a cross-sectional study was carried out in khuzestan, south west iran, from october to december, 2012. randomly selected part...

A study has been made of 523 strains of staphylococci on the basis of biological properties, phage typing, and serology. The value of serology in the identification of pathogenic staphylococci has been assessed.

SETTING Seven primary health clinics and a pulmonary disease specialty clinic in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil. OBJECTIVE To evaluate a commercial immunochromatographic test kit (ICT Tuberculosis; AMRAD-ICT; Sidney, Australia) employing five recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). DESIGN Serology test results were compared with duplica...

OBJECTIVES Since the (13)C-urea breath test (UBT) has become a highly reliable method for the noninvasive diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, this study was performed in order to compare the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy among noninvasive tests including capsule UBT, conventional UBT and serology in the diagnosis of H. pylori infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred patient...

OBJECTIVE To characterise the epidemiological and clinical features of genital herpes and the diagnostic role of HSV-2 specific serology in an ethnically diverse cohort of genitourinary medicine (GUM) attendees in inner London. METHODS Genital swabs (n = 186) were tested by real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serum samples (n = 70) by HSV-2 specific enzyme linked immunoassay (ELISA)...

1 2 3 4 An Assessment of the Ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Serology to Detect 5 Active TB Disease. 6 Short Title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Serology Testing 7 8 9 10 11 BRIAN L ANDERSON, 1 RYAN J. WELCH 1 , and CHRISTINE M. LITWIN, 1,2* 12 13 14 Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) Institute for Clinical and 15 Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City 1 , and Department...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to analyze John Cunningham virus (JCV) serology in natalizumab-treated patients over time and assess whether they are influenced by natalizumab treatment. METHODS German (n = 1,921; 525 longitudinally) and French (n = 1,259; 711 longitudinally) patients were assessed for JCV serology alongside their therapy with natalizumab. RESULTS JCV serostatus changed ...

INTRODUCTION Viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been poorly studied and clinically characterized. Using strict criteria for inclusion, we studied this type of infection in a large series of hospitalized adults with CAP. MATERIALS AND METHODS All nonimmunocompromised adult patients with a diagnosis of CAP having paired serology for respiratory viruses (RVs) [338 patients] were prospe...

Background: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease with different clinical symptoms. Its early diagnosis essential to prevent severe complications. Due the limitations of serological diagnostic methods, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method has become important in disease. Objectives: Our study aimed evaluate PCR patients suspected brucellosis and compare it tests. Methods: This cross-sectional was...