results the pellet of the 146s antigen of fmd virus serotype a was developed at a concentration of sucrose 50%. absorbance rate of the foot-and-mouth disease virus serotypes a at wavelengths of 240, 259 and 280 nm was 1.238, 1.573 and 1.157, respectively. moreover, the amount of 146s antigen at the same wavelengths was 163.416, 207.636 and 152.724 μg/ml, respectively. the amount of purified pro...

An Unusual Metastatic Site for Primary Lung Cancer: The Spleen Andrea Belli, MD,* Giuseppe De Luca, MD, Francesco Bianco, MD, Silvia De Franciscis, MD, Fabiana Tatangelo, MD, Giovanni Maria Romano, MD, Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCSEd Department of Abdominal Oncology, Division of Surgical Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale–Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Nap...

To determine the current prevalence of antibody to arboviruses, rickettsiae, and hantaan-like viruses, a survey was carried out in the Nile River Valley of Egypt, one of the principal foci of the 1977-1978 Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak. Blood specimens were obtained from 915 persons representing 190 study households. Enzyme immunoassay testing showed that the overall prevalence of IgG antibo...

A number of ninety-six hair samples from Sicilian fishermen were examined for total mercury detection by an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) method. The mercury levels obtained were compared with mercury levels of 96 hair samples from a control group, in order to assess potential exposure to heavy metals of Sicilian fishermen due to fish consumption and closeness to industr...