The authors proposed a systematic review on the current concepts of primary neural leprosy by consulting the following online databases: MEDLINE, Lilacs/SciELO, and Embase. Selected studies were classified based on the degree of recommendation and levels of scientific evidence according to the "Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine". The following aspects were reviewed: cutaneous clinical a...

The objective of this study was to compare the performance of different diagnostic tests for the detection of pigs subclinically infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. To address this question, we infected pigs with APP serotypes 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, and 15 and collected weekly tonsil swabs for isolation and PCR and serum samples for serological testing. Our results showed that the Multi...

Abstract Background The Pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has critically impacted the spread infection within nursing facilities. We evaluated usefulness genetic and serological tests conducted during a COVID-19 outbreak in facility Japan. Methods After first identification SARS-CoV-2 infection, comprehensive, facility- and/o...

The aim of the present work was to evaluate the prevalence and efficacy of IBR control measures in selected cattle herds in Lithuania. Serological investigations in 1997 2007 years (34600 blood sera samples tested) showed that BHV-1 infection mostly detected in cows (33.86%), less in heifers (8.77%) and in bulls group (1.69%). In majority of the cases seropositive bulls were detected in quarant...

h.pylori infection stimulates immune responses. these responses at the mucosal level are predominantly of iga types, while circulating antibodies against this microorganism are predominantly igg classes. igm antibodies are rarely found and seem to be non-specific for this bacterium. in this research, water extract antigen, from three strains of h.pylori (isolated from patients with gastritis, d...

Brucellosis is an urgent infectious disease of livestock and wild animals and the commonest human zoonosis. Diagnosis of brucellosis is rather complicated and it has to be obligatorily confirmed by laboratory testing. Direct bacteriological and molecular methods and indirect serological tests are used for brucellosis diagnostics. The choice of the diagnostic tools depends on the overall epidemi...

British Journal of General Practice, June 2013 e426 BaCkground and advantages over exIstIng teChnology Coeliac disease is a malabsorption syndrome precipitated by gluten ingestion, and characterised by inflammation of the small intestine. Serological tests for IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody (tTGA) and anti-endomysial antibody (EMA) have high sensitivity and specificity for coeliac di...

Routine serological testing of a number of strains of bacteriophage indicated that some of them were related serologically to coliphages T3 and T7. One of these strains was dysentery phage D44, placed by Burnet (1933) in serological group 2 of the coli-dysentery phages. Two others were phage strains I and IV of the group of Serratia marcescens phages described by Wasermann and Seligmann (1953)....

In this review we explore the different characteristics of the serological phenotypes identified in juvenile-onset myositis and consider how the serological sub-classification of patients with juvenile myositis can be advantageous both in terms of reaching what can be a difficult diagnosis and informing on prognosis. Recent studies have described the autoantibody associated disease phenotypes a...