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The development and use of antigen antibody LTB (Ag MAb LTB) complexes as immunogens
... regulated chloride ion channel [reviewed by Roidan, 1993]. Phosphorylation of the CFTR causes the ion gate to open, resulting in an efflux of chloride ions (and water) into the lumen of the gut, causing characteristic ...
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Syphilis and HIV prevalence and associated factors to their co infection, hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses prevalence among female sex workers in Rwanda
... Abbreviations Ab: Antibody; Ag: Antigen; AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; aOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; CDC: Centre for disease control and prevention; CI: Confidence Interval; ELIS[r] ...
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MHC class II expression and potential antigen-presenting cells in the retina during experimental autoimmune uveitis
... Ag: Antigen; APC: Antigen-presenting cell; AT: Adoptive transfer; BRB: Blood- retinal barrier; CB: Ciliary body; CD: Cluster differentiation; CD11b: Itgam, integrin alpha M; CD31: PECAM-1, Platelet ...
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T lymphocyte reactivity and antibody response to a synthetic peptide (glutamic acid alanine tyrosine) as a marker for disease resistance in chickens
... Accessory cell and interleukin-mediated interactions in an immune response leading to antibody production Ag, antigen; APC, antigen presenting cell; IL-1, interleukin 1; IL-2, interleuki[r] ...
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Test characteristics of two rapid antigen detection tests (SD FK50 and SD FK60) for the diagnosis of malaria in returned travellers
... nostic test for the detection of P. falciparum, targeting HRP-2 antigen; SD FK60: SD FK60 Malaria Ag P. falci- parum/Pan test (Standard Diagnostics): a three-band "one-step" malaria rapid diagnostic ...
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pLDH level of clinically isolated Plasmodium vivax and detection limit of pLDH based malaria rapid diagnostic test
... Malaria Ag Pf/Pan test and Humasis Malaria Pf/Pan antigen test, were used in this ...Pf/Pan antigen test kits (AMAL-7025) were provided by the manufacturer for the evaluation, and the OptiMAL-IT test ...
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Vitamin K Effect in Low Birth Weight Infants
... Increase in factor II coagulant antigen (Fil-AG) level in low birth weight infants. from one to seven days of age[r] ...
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Detection of JC Polyomavirus tumor antigen in gastric carcinoma: a report from Iran
... Experimentally, it is difficult to detect viral se- quences in human tumors and more importantly, it is difficult to reproduce results in different labo- ratories. In some cases, detection rates for T-Ag in ...
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Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation alter the structure of D2 hybrid T antigen.
... The present report shows that phosphorylation by this associated kinase activity causes the formation of aggregates of D2 hybrid T antigen, whereas dephosphorylation breaks down these ag[r] ...
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CD8+ T-Cell-Mediated Cross-Clade Protection in the Genital Tract following Intranasal Immunization with Inactivated Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antigen Plus CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides
... HIV-1 Ag plus CpG ODN induced enhanced levels of anti-HIV antibodies in serum and vaginal washes and protection against IVAG challenge with rVV expressing HIV-1 gag from the same clade as the im- munogen ...HIV-1 ...
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The prognostic value of ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 repeats, member 13) deficiency in septic shock patients involves interleukin 6 and is not dependent on disseminated intravascular coagulation
... VWF antigen measurement, plasma VWF antigen (VWF:Ag) was quantified using the STA-Liatest VWF® (Diagnostica Stago, Asnières, France) immunoturbidi- metric assay ...ADAMTS13 antigen measurement, ...
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Usefulness of the Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen Assay for Screening of a Population Undergoing Routine Medical Checkup
... The method currently recommended for identifying subjects with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an enzyme immune assay (EIA) for the detection of anti-HCV antibodies (16). However, this assay sometimes generates ...
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Prevalence and epidemiology of canine and feline heartworm infection in Taiwan
... 24]. Antigen testing is used to detect adult worm Ag. An Ag- positive result confirms the presence of mature female ...False-negative Ag test results may be due to low worm burden, only male ...
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Hepatitis B infection in health care personnel of an institution for mentally handicapped children and adults
... The health care personnel HCP of an institution for the mentally handicapped were serially tested for the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen HB,Ag and antibody over a period of 1.5 [r] ...
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Quantitative detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigen by the Enzymun Test: comparison with alternative assays and nucleic acid sequence based amplification of HIV type 1 RNA
... HIV antigen and bind to the streptavidin-coated solid polystyrene ...HIV antigen detection, a quantitation panel consisting of two standards containing ...HIV antigen per ml is ...HIV antigen ...
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Elevated von Willebrand factor antigen is an early plasma predictor of acute lung injury in nonpulmonary sepsis syndrome
... syndrome. Acute lung injury was quantified on a four-point scoring system. At the time of entry into the study, none of the 45 patients had evidence of lung injury. Subsequently, 15 patients developed lung injury and 30 ...
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Thermally inactivated simian virus 40 tsA58 mutant T antigen cannot initiate viral DNA replication in vitro.
... Reactions containing SV40 T antigen T-Ag or tsA58 T antigen were preheated for 30 min at 41°C in the absence of ATP, in the presence of 2.5 mM AMP-PNP, or in the presence of 2.5 mM ATP u[r] ...
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Simultaneous Detection of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Core Antigen and Anti HCV Antibodies Improves the Early Detection of HCV Infection
... core Ag and anti-HCV Ab significantly closed the time gap between HCV RNA detection and the first appearance of detectable anti-HCV Ab ...HCV Ag/Ab ULTRA; Bio-Rad, Marnes la Co- quette, ...HCV Ag ...
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Effective Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile by a Two Step Algorithm Including Tests for Antigen and Cytotoxin
... of Ag-EIA results: “antigen not detected” is highly predictive of cytotoxin negativity, whereas “antigen detected” is reported with “pend- ing” while CCNA is ...most antigen/CCNA-positive ...
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Cubosome nanoparticles potentiate immune properties of immunostimulants
... Briefly, 100 mg of phytantriol and 75 mg of propylene glycol were dissolved in 2 mL ethanol at 25 ° C. Then, the ethanol solution was added, dropwise, to 20 mL of a solution of Pluronic F127 (0.5 mg/mL) under continuous ...
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