In 1979 an indirect haemagglutination test (gonococcal antibody test) using gonococcal pilus antigen replaced the gonococcal complement fixation test as our routine procedure to show gonococcal antibodies. In the diagnosis of current gonorrhoea the sensitivity of the gonococcal antibody test was far superior to that of the gonococcal complement fixation test (about 55% versus 9% for first episo...

Artemisia amygdalina D. is a critically endangered endemic medicinal plant of Kashmir Himalayas. In the current study anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity of the plant was carried out. Carrageenan paw edema model was used to study the potential of the drug in inflammation in Wistar rats. SRBC-specific haemagglutination titre and DTH assays were carried out in Balb/C mice for observin...

Summarized results of the clinical and laboratory findings in 85 cases of Beh9et's syndrome seen at our clinic between September, 1957, and April, 1961, have already been reported (Oshima, Shimizu, Yokohari, Matsumoto, Kano, Kagami, and Nagaya, 1963). Investigation revealed a high incidence of abnormalities, not only in the mouth, eyes, and genital organs, but also in the intestine, cerebrospin...

Several theoretical and empirical studies have suggested that immunocompetence may act as a constraint on learning, due to a trade-off in investment in the two processes. Here we tested whether experimentally depressing immune responsiveness of male BKW mice using antithymocyte serum (ATS) would lead to reduced learning performance in a radial maze task. Correct choices in the maze were indicat...

The non-immunoglobulin component of human milk responsible for the inhibition of Escherichia coli cell adhesion (haemagglutination) mediated by colonisation factor antigen 1 (CFA1) was determined by chromatographic fractionation of human whey proteins with Sephadex G-200, DEAE cellulose and heparin-sepharose. Pure free secretory component (fSC) and pure lactoferrin (Lf) were isolated and both c...

A passive haemagglutination test, using sheep red blood cells sensitised with Salmonella typhi lipopolysaccharide, was compared with the Widal test for the serological diagnosis of typhoid fever in an endemic area. The results obtained on sera from 152 patients with bacteriologically confirmed typhoid and 183 patients who did not have typhoid were analysed in terms of sensitivity, specificity, ...

cet article s’intéresse aux titres littéraires et aux problèmes de leur traduction.  les stratégies de traduction sont plus nombreuses que ce que l’on croit; mais l’objectif de toute traduction est la restitution du sens. or à travers cette recherche, nous avons tenté de démontrer que la restitution du sens du titre original ne suffit absolument pas. en effet, le travail sur les mots d’un titre...

The introduction of the treponemal immobilization (TPI) test by Nelson and Mayer (1949) provided the first verification test for syphilis which proved fully acceptable to the clinician. After 20 years it is still accepted by a large body of opinion as the verification test of choice for the diagnosis of latent and late syphilis. The test's characteristic of becoming positive towards the end of ...