Assay Manufacturer Method Detection limit or dynamic range (IU/mL) Qualitative HCV RNA dection assays AmplicorTM HCV 2.0 Roche Molecular System Manual RT-PCR 50 Cobas AmplicorTM HCV 2.0 Roche Molecular System Semi-automated RT-PCR 50 VersantTM HCV Siemens Health Care Diagnostics Semi-automated TMA 10 Quantitative HCV RNA detection assays AmplicorTM HCV Monitor Roche Molecular System Manual RT-P...

background: giardia duodenalis is one of the most important human enteric parasites throughout the world. clinical symptoms of this parasite vary from asymptomatic infection to chronic diarrhea. still it is not clear, whether different types of pathogenesis are due to different strains of organism or to variable host factors. the purpose of this study was to investigate possible correlation of ...

sodium/proton exchangers (nhx) are key players in plant responses to salinity and have a central role in establishing ion homeostasis. nhxs can be localized in tonoplast or plasma membranes, where they exchange sodium ions for protons, resulting in the removal of ions from the cytosol into vacuole or extracellular spaces. in the present study, the expression pattern of the gene encoding na+/h+ ...

introduction: calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase ii (camkii) is highly expressed in the hippocampus, which has a pivotal role in reward-related memories and morphine dependence. methods: in the present study, morphine tolerance was induced in male wistar rats by 7 days repeated morphine injections once daily, and then gene expression profile of α-isoform of camkii (camkiiα) in the hipp...

INTRODUCTION Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. METHODS In this study, a semi-nested PCR for paracoccidioidomycosis diagnosis was developed. The primers ITS1 and ITS4 were used in the first reaction, while the primers MJ03 and ITS1 primer were used in the second reaction. The semi-nested PCR was used to investigate biopsies of five patients...