Intraperitoneal infection with the avirulent A7(74) strain of the alphavirus Semliki Forest virus (SFV) induces an immune mediated demyelinating encephalomyelitis. The blood and brain virus titres, the serum antibody titres and the histopathological changes in the brains of normal mice and mice immunosuppressed with 5.0 or 8.0 Gy total body irradiation (TBX) were determined. SFV infection of im...

The study was envisaged for elucidating the effect of immunosuppression on the pathology and pathogenesis of experimental respiratory absidiomycosis in rabbits. Seventy rabbits used in the experiment were divided into different groups viz. non-immunosuppressed, immunosuppressed with cyclophosphamide and immunosuppressed with methylprednisolone respectively, and a control group. The experiment w...

Flagellated protozoa that cause bronchopulmonary symptoms in humans are commonly neglected. These protozoal forms which were presumed to be "flagellated protozoa" have been previously identified in immunosuppressed patients in a number of studies, but have not been certainly classified so far. Since no human cases of bronchopulmonary flagellated protozoa were reported from Turkey, we aimed to i...

Wild mice immunosuppressed with antithymocytic sera show a high incidence of disseminated virulent cytomegalovirus infection.

Immunosuppression can increase the susceptibility of chickens to other disease-causing pathogens and interfere with efficacy vaccination against those pathogens. Chicken anaemia virus (CAV) infectious bursal disease (IBDV) are common causes immunosuppression in chickens. was induced by experimental infection either CAV or IBDV assess effect on Mycoplasma gallisepticum strain ts-304 virulent M. ...

Objective: The halo sign consists of an area of ground-glass opacity surrounding pulmonary lesions on chest CT scans. We compared immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients in terms of halo sign features and sought to identify those of greatest diagnostic value. Methods: This was a retrospective study of CT scans performed at any of seven centers between January of 2011 and May of 2015. Pa...

AIM The present study aimed to investigate the effect of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) on regulatory T (Treg) cells derived from immunosuppressed mice with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) pneumonia. METHODS A total of 108 BALB/c mice were randomly divided into the following groups: control group (Control), immunosuppressed group (IS), PA pneumonia group (PA), PA pneumonia in immunosuppressed ...