December 2010

Screening of household members and contacts of patients with acute brucellosis to detect unrecognized cases

Acute brucellosis among household members of index cases due to common food sources is reported. The aim was to screen family members and coworkers of patients with acute brucellosis to detect unrecognized cases. A descriptive study was conducted among contact cases of acute brucellosis patients. Five millilitre of venous blood samples were taken from contact cases to measure Brucella antibody IgM, IgG, and IgA. Thirty...

Author(s): Zohreh Aminzadeh, Babak Farrokhi, Hossein Akhavan Zanjani, Farshid Aliyari, Zivar Baiati, Fatemeh Navaei and Jamal Mirzaei

December 2010

Increased incidences of Salmonella, Plasmodium falciparum and hepatitis C viral specific circulating immune complexes in participants from malaria endemic and HIV prevalent area of Nigeria

The present study used dissociated circulating immune complexes (CIC) to identity the burden of exposure to certain infectious agents. The participants were divided into HIV seropositive group (n=100) and HIV seronegative  group (n=100). Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 and phosphate buffer techniques were used for precipitation and dissociation of CIC in sera. The dissociated CIC were tested...

Author(s): Chukwudi M. Ezeani, Chinedum C. Onyenekwe, Confidence K. Wachukwu, Chukwuemeka S. Meludu, Ositadimma M. Ifeanyichukwu, Nkiruka R. Ukibe, Anthony O. Igwegbe, Daniel C. Anyiam and Amobi Ilika