OBJECTIVE To assess the distribution of serological markers in blood donors at the blood banks of the Fundação Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Minas Gerais (Hemominas), Brazil, between January 2006 and December 2012. METHODS This is a descriptive, retrospective study on blood donors screened using serological tests for markers of transmitted diseases at the state blood-banking network....

27 Very few, mostly old and only preliminary serological studies of brucellosis in goats exist 28 in Ecuador. In order to assess the current epidemiological situation, we performed a cross29 sectional serological study in the goat populations of Carchi (n=160 animals), Pichincha 30 (n=224 animals), and Loja provinces (n=2,024 animals). Only two positive serological 31 results (RB negative and S...

serology and dna techniques are employed for human leukocyte antigen (hla) typing in different transplant centers. results may not always correlate well and may need retyping with different technique. all the patients (with aplastic anemia, thalassemia, and immunodeficiency) and their donors, requiring hla typing for bone marrow transplant were enrolled in the study. serological hla typing was ...

maternal infection with toxoplasma gondii acquired during pregnancy may result in congenital infection of developing fetuses. up to now, decision on informed therapeutic abortion of fetuses suspected of having t. gondii infection in iran has been made based on serological findings in mothers. this might have led to unnecessary abortion of many uninfected children. we evaluated the polymerase ch...

human visceral and ocular toxocariasis can occasionally be a serious or life-threatening condition, especially for children. the diagnosis and confirmation of the disease mostly based upon serological tests. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate somatic antigen with regard to its application in a routine diagnostic laboratory test. using gel-filtration chromatography, fraction no.1 o...

Received: Revised: Accepted: November 16, 2013 May 11, 2014 May 30, 2014 The canine is regarded as a reservoir host for human visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean regions. Ten golden jackals were captured from villages that belong to Basrah province, south of Iraq. The animals were inoculated experimentally with human case Leishmania donovani promastigotes, and then the jackals were diag...

BACKGROUND Novel serological methods provide alternative options for sero-diagnosis, sero-epidemiology and for determining evidence of naturally acquired or vaccine induced immunity. Micro-neutralization tests are currently the gold standard for serological studies of highly pathogenic avian influenza in mammalian species but require handling live virus in a biosafety level (BSL) 3 environment....

The objective of this study was to characterize hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in blood donors from the Federal District, Central Brazil, and to compare HCV screening by serological assays and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Plasma samples from 57 individuals with reactive or indeterminate results in serological anti-HCV screening assays (ELISA or EIA) were tested f...