Aim A spesifi c and rapid diagnosis such as RT-PCR asay is the most needed to minimize transmission of HIV-1 infection. Therefore, in this study we developed the RT-PCR assay that was spesifi c against the gag gene of HIV-1. Methods The developed RT-PCR assay was evaluated against 46 specimens that were obtained from voluntary counseling and testing for HIV (VCT) in Rumah Sakit Umum Pemerintah ...

data envelopment analysis (dea) is an eciency measurement tool for evaluation of similar decision making units (dmus). in dea, weights are assigned to inputs and outputs and the absolute eciency score is obtained by the ratio of weighted sum of outputs to weighted sum of inputs. in traditional dea models, this measure is also equivalent with relative eciency score which evaluates dmus in com...

Contributors: 1Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College & Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India; 2Professor & Head, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College & Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India; 3Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Sinhgad Dental College & Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, Ind...

super eciency data envelopment analysis(dea) model can be used in ranking the performanceof ecient decision making units(dmus). in dea, non-extreme ecient unitshave a super eciency score one and the existing super eciency dea models do notprovide a complete ranking about these units. in this paper, we will propose a methodfor ranking the performance of the extreme and non-extreme ecient u...

Betulinic acid (3β-hydroxy-lup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid, BA), a pentacyclic lupane-type triterpene, is widely distributed in the plant kingdom (Mukherjee et al., 2006; Fulda, 2008). Johann Tobias Lowitz isolated the reduced form of BA from plants in 1788 and found that it was a prominent outer-bark constituent in white-barked birch trees (Bag and Dash, 2011). BA has a wide range of biological and ...

The first gene therapy that was used on humans was performed for adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency in 1990 [1]. In the early days of gene therapy, it was thought to be a break‐ through in the treatment of a number of human diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, genetic disease, and so on. However, two severe adverse events in gene therapy served as triggers for the rethinking of ...

CSF was negative for 16S bacterial RNA by PCR and culture-negative for H. infl uenzae, and the CSF pleocytosis had decreased substantially. These circumstances make it less likely that these signs were associated with the underlying H. infl uenzae disease and raise the possibility that superimposed HAdV-40 infection played a role. Because the patient had no diarrhea or respiratory symptoms, no ...

Oropharyngeal candidiasis is the most common fungal infection among patients infected with the human immunodefi ciency virus (HIV), and is treated empirically with topical or systemic antifungals. The objective of the present study was to investigate the possible antifungal action of the hydroalcoholic extract of Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe, Zingiberaceae, on yeasts in this population. S...

Th e hyper-IgE recurrent infection syndromes (HIES) comprise a group of primary immunodefi ciency dis orders that exhibit markedly elevated IgE levels, recur rent staphylococcal skin abscesses, eczema and pulmonary infections. Both autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive forms of the disorder have been described. Most autosomal dominant HIES (AD-HIES) have been found to be due to mutations i...

This work was aimed at validating the viral inactivation property during the storage step of the production process of Melagenina® Plus, which is a Cuban biological product for the treatment of vitiligo. The product was challenged at storage with high loads of four viral models, corresponding to three enveloped and one non-enveloped virus, two of them RNA and the other two DNA viruses: the huma...