The complement fixation test is of great diagnostic and prognostic value in the study of suspected cases of blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and histoplasmosis. As the number of requests for these tests continues to grow along with the increasing awareness of the public health importance of these diseases, the need to produce large stocks of antigens more efficiently has arisen. Accordingly, ...

Coccidiodomycosis (valley fever) is a systemic infection caused by inhalation of airborne spores from Coccidioides immitis, a soil-dwelling fungus found in the southwestern United States, parts of Mexico, and Central and South America. Dust storms help disperse C. immitis so risk factors for valley fever include conditions favorable for fungal growth (moist, warm soil) and for aeolian soil eros...

We report the structure and expression of the Coccidioides immitis BGL2 gene which encodes a previously characterized 120-kDa glycoprotein of this fungal respiratory pathogen. The glycoprotein is recognized by immunoglobulin M tube precipitin (TP) antibody present in sera of patients with coccidioidomycosis, a reaction which has been used for serodiagnosis of early coccidioidal infection. The d...

We report the structure and expression of the Coccidioides immitis BGL2 gene which encodes a previously characterized 120-kDa glycoprotein of this fungal respiratory pathogen. The glycoprotein is recognized by immunoglobulin M tube precipitin (TP) antibody present in sera of patients with coccidioidomycosis, a reaction which has been used for serodiagnosis of early coccidioidal infection. The d...

The relationship between helminths and the host is built on a subtle molecular biological basis. Their pathogenic effect characterized by mechanical, toxic, inoculating organism state of reactivity his organism, immunological allergic reorganization. It has been proved that species Dirofilaria immitis are most nematodes this genus because localization imaginal stage parasite causes more complex...

Рентгенографія – це значно поширене у ветеринарній медицині дослідження, за допомогою якого можна вивчити будову, розміри, стан та розташування різних органів. Цей метод діагностики також застосовується для виявлення патології органів грудної порожнини легенів і серця. Серед інструментальних методів дирофіляріозу собак, спричиненого паразитуванням Dirofilaria immitis, сучасній рентгенографія кл...

A proline rich antigen (PRA), which protects mice against Coccidioides immitis, has been analyzed for differential expression and variation among isolates. Northern blots of RNA from different stages of growth were probed with previously cloned cDNA and showed that mRNA for PRA increased as spherules transformed and matured from mycelia. This pattern corresponds to the relative potency of whole...