introduction:cats carry a lot of zoonotic parasites such as toxoplasma gondii which causes toxoplasmosis in warm-blooded animals. toxoplasmosis includes wide range of symptoms in its intermediate and definitive hosts but the worst symptoms have been seen in pregnant women and also on immunocompromised hosts. considering the importance of cats as the only definitive host that spread the t. gondi...

I n the mid-1960s Joseph Weizenbaum created a stunning piece of software. Years before HAL 9000's screen debut in 2001: A Space Odyssey, this software, Eliza, made it possible to have a conversation with a computer. Eliza's most famous script,Doctor, caused the software to parody the conversational patterns of non-directive therapists during an initial visit. While Eliza/Doctor can seem quite s...

background: toxoplasma specific igm antibodies; the common serologic marker in diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis has its own limitations. confirmatory testing with other markers, introduced as a complementary tool in distinguish acute and chronic infections is unusual in iran. in the present study, we investigated the cor-relation between the results of igm elisa, iga elisa, and igg avidity test...

Background: Toxoplasmosis is well known as an important infection in pregnant women. Although many serologic methods are available, diagnosis of early Toxoplasmosis may be extremely difficult. Objective: To detect the Toxoplasma IgG antibodies developed at the early stage of infection in pregnant women. Methods: 225 pregnant women, who were in the 2nd to 4th month of their pregnancy, enrolled i...

King-Hwa Ling1,3,4, Chelsee A. Hewitt1, Sarah A. Kinkel1,3, Gordon K. Smyth2,3, and Hamish S. Scott1,3,4* 1Division of Molecular Medicine, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; 2Division of Bioinformatics, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; 3Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine...

objective: toxoplasma gondii infection, an intracellular parasite, is often asymptomatic or is caused by different clinical diseases without being detected. evaluation of igg, iga, and igm in order to diagnose the pending toxoplasmosis may confront some problems. several researches has showned that toxo igg avidity can be useful in the recent active toxoplasmosis. in current study, modification...

1. Autoimmunity & Transplantation Division, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1 G Royal Parade, Parkville 3050, Victoria, Australia 2. Burnet Clinical Research Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville 3050, Victoria, Australia 3. Centre for Obesity Research and Education, Monash University, Commercial Road, Prahran 3181, Victoria, Australia 4. Bioinformatics Di...

1 Population Health and ImmunityDivision,Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research,Melbourne, Australia, 2 Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3 Infection and Immunity Division,Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research,Melbourne, Australia, 4 Malaria Immuno-EpidemiologyUnit, PNG Institute of Medical Research,Madang, Papua New Guinea,...