We report here the evaluation of the potential of a serologic test to determine the endemicity of onchocercal infection in hyper, meso, and hypoendemic communities by the detection of antibodies to a cocktail of recombinant antigens. Parasitologic parameters of infection prevalence and intensity were compared with serologic results. Infection prevalence by serology was consistently but not sign...

Methods A prospective, descriptive study was designed to include all the immigrant patients diagnosed of HIV infection attending in Hospital Central de Asturias, Spain, 2006 2011. We included demographic variables, CD4 cells count and viral load at time of diagnosis. Screening comprised blood count, biochemistry, basic urinalysis, hepatitis B virus (HBV), HCV, strongyloidiasis and schistosomias...

OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the use of serologic testing as a screening test for inflammatory bowel disease compared with erythrocyte sedimentation rate and hemoglobin in a referred patient population with suspected inflammatory bowel disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS.A retrospective study was performed, reviewing medical charts of patients who had inflammatory bowel diseas...

I n 2014, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee (TMRC) reported the results of a survey of more than 3100 laboratories concerning their policies and procedures for testing serologic weak D phenotypes and administration of Rh immune globulin (RhIG). Among the findings of this survey is the observation that there is a lack of standard practice in the U...

INTRODUCTION Since 1947, Zika virus has been identified sporadically in humans in Africa and Asia; however, clinically consequential Zika virus disease had not been documented prior to the current outbreak in the Americas. Considering 6 decades have passed since the first identification of the virus, it is perhaps unexpected that Zika virus was recognised only recently as capable of causing dis...

BACKGROUND Estimates of the diagnostic performance of serologic testing and HLA-DQ typing for detecting celiac disease have mainly come from case-control studies. OBJECTIVE To define the performance of serologic testing and HLA-DQ typing prospectively. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Patients referred for small-bowel biopsy for the diagnosis of cel...

Since the ordinary tests for diagnosis chronic amebic colitis looks to be unsufficient. We try to design the following study. Our study seeks the importanc.;e of "IFA" (Indirect Immuno Fluorescent Aniti body). Among 145 patients with amebic colitis Entamoeba hystolitica observed with reapeted and specified tests. In searh of serologic tests, antibody range in 20 patients who had amebic coliti...