There are 2 aspects of the Seroepidemiological studies of herpesvirus type 2 and cervical cancer that impose lim itations upon the interpretation of the data. One aspect is the antibody assay systems; the degree of accuracy with which the present assay systems detect past infections with herpesvirus type 2 is not known (27). The 2nd problem is the difficulty in controlling for the attributes of...

The usefulness of excretory/secretory (E/S) products of adult Dirofilaria immitis for the diagnosis of human dirofilariosis was evaluated in 97 human sera using an ELISA and a Western Blot analysis with E/S antigens. Results of the ELISA analysis show that in healthy individuals from an endemic area seropositivity is high (22%). Immuno Blot analysis shows that the reaction pattern with E/S anti...

OBJECTIVE To measure the prevalence of chlamydial genital infection in Ethiopian women attending gynaecological, obstetric and family planning clinics; to identify the epidemiological, social and economic factors affecting the prevalence of infection in a country where routine laboratory culture and serological tests for chlamydial species are unavailable; to determine the risk factors for geni...

Epidemiological studies of zoonotic influenza and other infectious diseases often rely upon analysis of levels of antibody titer. In most of these studies, the antibody titer data are dichotomized based on a chosen cut-point and analyzed with a traditional binary logistic regression. However, cut-points are often arbitrary, particularly those selected for rare diseases or for infections for whi...

There are 2 aspects of the Seroepidemiological studies of herpesvirus type 2 and cervical cancer that impose lim itations upon the interpretation of the data. One aspect is the antibody assay systems; the degree of accuracy with which the present assay systems detect past infections with herpesvirus type 2 is not known (27). The 2nd problem is the difficulty in controlling for the attributes of...

To date, only seroepidemiological data are available on the role of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in patients with severe burns. We present the first longitudinal analysis of disseminated HCMV infection with a demonstration of self-limited productive viral replication identified in both the blood and lung of a burn patient.

conclusions this study showed that the prevalence rates of hav and hev antibodies were positively correlated with age. the results demonstrated that the infection with these two viruses in the region was high and some high-risk individuals including females at child-bearing age were more susceptible. hav vaccination could be recommended for antibody-negative adults. results the results showed t...

conclusions the results showed remarkable rates of high-risk hpv types (16 and 18) in the studied population, which can be a serious alert for public health. this result highlights the potential impact of prophylactic vaccines for future protection against high-risk hpv types in iranian women. materials and methods this cross-sectional population-based study consisted of two groups of women: no...