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A Luminescence Western blot with enhanced sensitivity for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus
A luminescence assay was adapted for detection of peroxidase-labelled secondary antibodies, which react specifically with antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus on Western blots. This method is about one h.....
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Monospecific antibodies for detection ofClostridium difficile enterotoxin
Tests of polyclonal antisera to homogenous enterotoxin preparations of Clostridium difficile by immunoblotting demonstrated that cross-reactions occurred with proteins from cell lysates of nearly all Clostridium
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Influenza subtype-specific immunoglobulin A and G responses after booster versus one double-dose vaccination in hemodialysis patients
The antibody response in hemodialysis patients was studied after one double dose of influenza vaccine versus one conventional dose plus a booster dose five weeks later. The influenza virus subtype specific IgA...
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Discrepant results of different tests for antibodies to hepatitis C in children with malignant diseases and in patients on renal replacement therapy
The serostatus of hepatitis C in pediatric oncological patients and in individuals on renal replacement therapy was tested for circulating antibodies to the c100-3 recombinant antigen of hepatitis C. Upon pres...
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Antigenemia, immunoblotting, and enzyme immunoassay for early diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant patients
Timely and rapid diagnosis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is important for the management of transplant patients. We compared three serological assays, IgM immunoblot and IgG/IgM enzyme immunoassay (EIA), ...
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Evaluation of a novel immunoglobulin a capture enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection in renal and heart transplant recipients
In a retrospective cohort study of 68 organ transplant patients, the usefulness of a new commercial immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody capture enzyme immunoassay (EIA) specific to human cytomegalovirus (CMV) for ...
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Verlauf der HIV-lnfektion bei Patienten mit und ohne heterozygote Deletion des CCR5-Gens
CCR5, ein β-Chemokinrezeptor für RANTES, MIP-iα und MIP-iβ, wurde als ein essentieller Korezeptor CD4-positiver Zellen für HIV-Isolate mit Makrophagentropismus beschrieben [1]. Verminderte Expression oder komp...
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Autografting of highly purified peripheral blood progenitor cells following myeloablative therapy in patients with lymphoma: a prospective study of the long-term effects on tumor eradication, reconstitution of hematopoiesis and immune recovery
In a prospective study, we have investigated CD34+ selection of peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC) for autotransplantation in patients with lymphoma. Twenty-six consecutive patients (10 follicular lymphomas...
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Hepatitis B viremia in a patient with documented previous HBV immunity after autologous transplantation of highly purified PBSC
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Probiotic bacteria stimulate virus–specific neutralizing antibodies following a booster polio vaccination
Orally ingested probiotic bacteria may modulate the immune response and increase antibody titers against enteric infections by bacteria or viruses. Even though positive effects of probiotics on respiratory tra...
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Akute retinale Nekrose
Varicella-zoster-Virus, gefolgt von Herpes-simplex-Virus, ist die häufigste Ursache der akuten retinalen Nekrose (ARN). Das häufig schlechte funktionelle Endergebnis ist in erster Linie eine Folge der bei schw...