Porcine parvovirus (PPV) is widespread among swine. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of loosely housed sow herds in Finland with at least one animal with high (infection level) PPV antibodies and to gather basic knowledge about vaccination practices. In addition, selected factors associated with high antibody levels found in sows were examined. Altogether, 247 animals were sampled ...

BACKGROUND No conventional immunosuppressive agent preferentially inhibits antibody production. Studies in experimental animals and in human cells in vitro suggested mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) might have such an effect. If this was the case in vivo it could have significant implications in terms of both MMF toxicity and the rational design of immunotherapeutic regimens. METHODS Subjects were...

or even inapparently, diagnosis on clinical grounds alone is liable to error. Because of the risk of subsequent congenital malformations (Gregg, 1941), serological tests are particularly valuable in the assessment of mothers exposed to or acquiring rubella early in pregnancy. Both neutralizing and haemagglutination-inhibiting (H.I.) antibodies often rise sharply to a high level early in the dis...

The immunomodulatory and antimicrobial effects of methanol extract air-dried, powdered leaves Uvaria chamae (MEUL) was evaluated in this study using standard methods. Graded doses (50 mg/kg body weight, 100 200 weight 400 weight) the were administered to winster rats. control group given dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO). Immunomodulatory effect assessed by delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) haemaggl...

OBJECTIVE To assess 2009 A(H1N1) seroconversion rates and their determinants within an unvaccinated population in Vientiane Capital, Laos. METHODS CoPanFlu Laos, a general population cohort of 807 households and 4,072 participants was established in March 2010. Sociodemographic data, epidemiological data, and capillary blood samples were collected from all the household members in March, and ...

The latex-fixation test (Singer and Plotz, 1956) is widely used as a serological criterion for rheumatoid arthritis (Alexander and McCarthy, 1966; Walton, 1968). The test is often carried out in serial dilution, by which a titre as well as an agglutination pattern is obtained. The usual practice is to choose a borderline titre in an empirical way and to call all titres above the borderline valu...

background: various compounds of plant origin have been widely investigated since ancient times for their possible immunomodulatory properties as well as for the treatment of a wide range of diseases. objective: to study the immunomodulatory functions of the aqueous extract of the seeds of abrus precatorius commonly known as indian liquorice (fabaceae), a medicinal plant native to central india...

Two oil emuisified vaccines of Newcaslte disease were prepared from Lasota strain. The virus was propagated in 9-day-old chicken embryos through allantoic route. The haemagglutination titre of the allantoic fluid used for vaccine preparation was 2048. The fluid was inactivated by 0.1 per cent f nal concentration of formalin at 37 oc for 6 hours. Inactivated allantoic fluid was emulsified with a...

Mukteswar strain of Newcastle disease (ND) virus was propagated in 9-day-old embryonated eggs via allantoic route. The harvested allantoic fluid with haemagglutination (HA) titre of 1024 (EID50 10) was inactivated using 0.1 percent formalin solution. Two experimental vaccines were prepared in light mineral oil with aqueous to oil ratio of 1:2 ( MK-VAC-I) and 1:4(MK-VAC-II).The hydrophile lipoph...

BACKGROUND Influenza vaccination is recommended to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, but vaccine coverage remains low. During the 2009 influenza pandemic, French recommendations were to vaccinate immunocompromised patients with two doses of adjuvanted vaccine. This study aimed to evaluate vaccine immunogenicity in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS VACANCE is ...