One promising field in neurovascular diseases investigation is the use of biomarkers to guide stroke etiology diagnosis and classification. Since treatment differs among etiologic subtypes and nowadays many patients receive a diagnosis of undetermined stroke, biomarkers might become an important additional diagnostic tool. In this review we update current knowledge about biomarkers related with...

OBJECTIVES Establishing indirect immunofluorescence (IFAT) and enzyme-inked immunoassay (ELISA) serological tests' ability to detect canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) infection. METHODS 211 cross-bred dogs from the south of the Tolima department (a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area) were evaluated by clinical and serological exams, using the Colombian Leishmania infantum (infantum) MHOM/C...

conclusions: it was concluded that the elisa is a suitable method for large scale screening of antibodies against aspergilloma. the easy techniques have shortened the required time of tests (approximately 1.30 hours for our elisa, as opposed to 2.30 hours with commercial elisa kit). this may be a substantial benefit for large numbers of samples that should be tested. materials and methods: an i...

Sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis is the most common indication for liver transplantation in patients presenting with fulminant and subacute liver failure. This study used serological, histological, and molecular biological techniques to examine specimens from 23 consecutive patients transplanted for sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis. No evidence was found of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis E virus, o...

Infections in stillbirths are common, often clinically silent and need to be screened. The microbiology laboratory needs to have the appropriate culture techniques and expertise. The results of the clinical features, the pathology findings of the fetus and the placenta and the microbiological and serological features need to be interpreted together; individual results should not be considered i...

Diagnosis of human alphaviral infections relies on serological techniques, such as the immunoglobulin M antibody capture-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MAC-ELISA). We have humanized the alphavirus broadly cross-reactive murine monoclonal antibody 1A4B-6 to create a reagent capable of replacing human positive sera in the MAC-ELISA for diagnosis of human alphaviral infections.