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Una plaga citadina peligrosa: los murciélagos
A dangerous urban pest: bats

Rev. Asoc. Méd. Argent; 136 (4), 2023
Los murciélagos son mamíferos vertebrados presentes en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, estimándose una población de 4 animales por habitante. Son portadores de varias enfermedades importantes y además empeoran las condiciones respiratorias de enfermos crónicos. En el campo cumplen una interesante funci...

Actualización de informe de prueba de quimioluminiscencia para diagnóstico de COVID-19: (17 de agosto del 2023)
COVID-19 Diagnostic Chemiluminescence Test Report Update: (August 17, 2023)

ANTECEDENTES: Según la REVISIÓN RÁPIDA N°02-2020 realizado en Agosto del 2020, por solicitud del Equipo Funcional de Infectología, se realiza una revisión rápida con el fin de realizar una búsqueda y análisis de Ia mejor evidencia científica disponible en relación a la utilización de la prueb...

Application of WHO International Biological Reference Standards to evaluate commercial serological tests for chronic Chagas disease

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
BACKGROUND Chagas disease, resulting from Trypanosoma cruzi infections, continues to be a health concern mainly in Latin American countries where the parasite is endemic. The laboratory diagnosis of a chronic infection is determined through serological assays for antibodies against T. cruzi and several ...

Performance of "RESIST-3 O.K.N. K-SeT" immunochromatographic assay for the detection of OXA-48 like, KPC, and NDM carbapenemases in Klebsiella pneumoniae in Turkey

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT In this study, the performance of the "RESIST-3 O.K.N. K-SeT" (Coris BioConcept, Gembloux, Belgium) immunochromatographic assay was evaluated in 132 Klebsiella pneumoniae comprising 102 carbapenem resistant and 30 carbapenem susceptible isolates. Genotypically known isolates of Gram negative bac...

Discrepancia en concentraciones de hormonas tiroideas libres medidas por distintos inmunoensayos

Abstract: Thyroid function is assessed by measuring thyrotropin and free and total thyroid hormone concentrations. There are interferences with the results of immunoassays that can lead to an incorrect diagnosis, of which the most frequent are the binding of thyroid hormones to heterophile antibodies, rh...

Estudios de laboratorio de diversos parámetros orientados a tratar de dilucidar la fisiopatología del síndrome de ovarios poliquísticos. Parte 1
Laboratory studies of various parameters aimed at trying to elucidate the pathophysiology of polycystic ovary syndrome. Part 1

Esta revisión fue realizada con el fin de evaluar nuestros resultados de laboratorio así como aquellos de la literatura que constituyen, a nuestro entender, aportes significativos en el síndrome de ovarios poliquísticos (SOP). Nuestro especial énfasis será presentar las limitaciones de las metodolo...

Interleukin-12 as a biomarker of the beneficial effects of food restriction in mice receiving high fat diet or high carbohydrate diet

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (12), 2018
The impact of food restriction (FR) during 56 days on serum levels of cytokines in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) or high-carbohydrate diet (HCD) were evaluated. The amount of food was reduced 50% for HFD-FR and HCD-FR groups compared to mice receiving free access to HFD (HFD group) or HCD (HCD group). W...

Novel immunoassay for TSH measurement in rats

ABSTRACT Measuring thyroid hormones is an important aspect for the study of metabolism and for monitoring diseases in both human and animal models. The traditional method for hormone measurement in rats is the radioimmunoassay (RIA). However, the RIA is associated with some practical disadvantages, inclu...