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Primoinfección por Toxoplasma gondii en gestantes de Atención Primaria de Salud en La Habana
Primoinfection by Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women in Primary Health Care in Havana

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 74 (1), 2022
Introducción: La primoinfección por Toxoplasma gondii adquirida durante el embarazo puede causar manifestaciones clínicas graves en el producto de la gestación, hecho tratable y prevenible. Objetivo: Describir evidencias serológicas de primoinfección por T. gondii en gestantes de Atención Primar...

Comparison between enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect immunofluorescence for detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the performance of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect immunofluorescence methods for the detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in a routine clinical laboratory setting. Methods A total of 227 samples were tested by indirect immunofluorescence an...

The direct and indirect effects of the pneumococcal conjugated vaccine on carriage rates in children aged younger than 5 years in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective To demonstrate the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage status in children younger than 5 years in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods A systematic literature review was carried out on the direct and indirect effects of pneumococcal vac...

Performance evaluation of an indirect immunofluorescence kit for the serological diagnosis of dengue

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the performance of indirect immunofluorescence for serological diagnosis of dengue virus in a population with high prevalence of arboviruses. Methods: Two-hundred serum samples from patients with clinical suspicion of dengue fever were tested by immunoenzymatic and indir...

Efectividad de los métodos diagnósticos para la detección de ehrlichiosis monocítica humana y canina

Rev. chil. infectol; 36 (5), 2019
Resumen La ehrlichiosis es una enfermedad transmitida por la picadura de garrapatas que afecta a perros y humanos, causada por las especies Ehrlichia canis y E. chaffeensis, respectivamente. Estas bacterias son gramnegativas, intracelulares obligadas, de aspecto cocoide a pleomorfo, que infectan los mono...

Brotes emergentes de leptospirosis del Amazonas colombiano

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 71 (1), 2019
Se describe por primera vez una serie de nueve casos con clínica indicativa de leptospirosis en el municipio Puerto Nariño en el departamento Amazonas, Colombia. Se muestran evidencias serológicas de exposición con Rickettsia del grupo de las fiebres manchadas. Los casos fueron clínicamente consider...

Inmunofluorescencia indirecta versus reacción de polimerasa en cadena para el diagnóstico de virus respiratorios en niños ingresados en un hospital de la Región Metropolitana

Rev. chil. infectol; 36 (1), 2019
Resumen Introducción: La temprana detección viral en infecciones respiratorias agudas (IRA) es esencial para establecer una terapia apropiada y prevenir el contagio intrahospitalario. Objetivo: Comparar la eficacia de la técnica de inmunofluorescencia indirecta (IFI) con la reacción de polimerasa e...

Vimentin and Anti Vimentin Antibodies in Chagas' Disease

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (4), 2018
Abstract Background: Vimentin is a main structural protein of the cell, a component of intermediate cell filaments and immersed in cytoplasm. Vimentin is mimicked by some bacterial proteins and anti-vimentin antibodies occur in autoimmune cardiac disease, as rheumatic fever. In this work we studied vime...

Papel del factor neurotrófico de origen cerebral y de la neurotropina-3 en la relación de Chlamydophila pneumoniae con la esquizofrenia
The relationship of Chlamydophila pneumoniae with schizophrenia: The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in this relationship

Rev. argent. microbiol; 49 (1), 2017
Several pathogens have been suspected of playing a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Chronic inflammation has been proposed to occur as a result of persistent infection caused by Chlamydophila pneumoniae cells that reside in brain endothelial cells for many years. It was recently hypothesized th...

Evaluación y comparación de pruebas serológicas para la detección de la neosporosis bovina en Argentina

Rev. argent. microbiol; 47 (4), 2015
Neospora caninum is a protozoan parasite that causes abortion and important economic losses in cattle worldwide. The accurate diagnosis of neosporosis is essential for management and control measures. The aims of this study were: i) to evaluate the performance of an in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent a...