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E Linder

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Humoral immune stimulation and antiepithelial antibodies in Yersinia infection.

Results consistent with a general humoral immune stimulation were found when 127 sera from 89 patients with Yersinia enterocolitica infection were studied. Significantly increased gammaglobulin concentrations and elevated isohemagglutinin titers were seen in these sera as compared to sera from normal blood donors and patients with streptococcal infection. Antinuclear and anti-smooth muscle antibodies were demonstrated in both yersinia and streptococcal infection. The prevalence of non-organ specific antiepithelial antibodies reacting with gastrointestinal and thyroid epithelial cells was significantly increased in yersinia infection.

Adolescent↗
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Pneumocystis carinii is not a major cause of pneumonia in HIV infected patients in Lusaka, Zambia.

The clinical occurrence of Pneumocystis carinii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis was investigated in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had clinical pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Lusaka, Zambia. The results were compared with a similar group of patients in Stockholm, Sweden. Induced sputum samples were stained for Pneumocystis by indirect immunofluorescence using monoclonal antibody 3F6 and toluidine blue O. Mycobacterial culture and acid fast stain were performed on the specimens from Lusaka. P. carinii cysts were detected in none of 27 Lusaka patients, compared to 10 of 33 Stockholm patients. M. tuberculosis was identified in 11 of 22 Lusaka patients tested. In conclusion, P. carinii could not be incriminated as the aetiological agent of HIV-associated pneumonia in Zambia in contrast to the situation in Sweden, where Pneumocystis is the dominating aetiological agent.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
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Low seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in a Tanzanian village.

The prevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii was studied in the population of Nyamisati village in Tanzania using the direct agglutination test, indirect immunofluorescence test, and immunosorbent agglutination test. All positive sera were positive by both direct agglutination and indirect immunofluorescence tests and were confirmed by the dye test. The seropositivity was confirmed by immunoblotting showing a distinct 32 kDa band in all the seropositive samples. The seropositivity rate was 4% (19/450) among the subjects of Nyamisati origin and 47% (15/32) among immigrants from other areas of Tanzania. Most of the infections appeared to have occurred between 5 and 15 years of age. The generally low transmission in this mainly Muslim village appeared to be related to sparse consumption of contaminated food and low prevalence of oocysts due to scarcity of felines.

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