19 Result(s)

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HTLV1, don de sang, don d’organes et assistance médicale à la procréation. Amphithéâtre Jacques-Monod-Institut Pasteur, 25, rue du Docteur-Roux, F-75015 Paris, France

P. Ambroise-Thomas in Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (2011)

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Réunion de la société de pathologie exotique — Institut de neurologie tropicale, Limoges, 23 avril 2010. Démences en zone tropicale. Épilepsie en zone tropicale

P. Ambroise-Thomas in Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (2010)

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Usefulness of Western Blot in Serological Follow-Up of Newborns Suspected of Congenital Toxoplasmosis

The goal of the study reported here was to compare the results of Western blot with other serological methods for testing newborns suspected of having congenital toxoplasmosis. Western blot, enzyme-linked immu...

D. Tissot Dupont, H. Fricker-Hidalgo… in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2003)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Conclusion

Thanks to the collaboration of many colleagues who are among the most experienced specialists in this field, we hope that this book will contribute to a better knowledge of the latest data of several biologica...

P. Ambroise-Thomas, E. Petersen in Congenital toxoplasmosis (2000)

Chapter and Conference Paper

What informations should be extracted from the national programs for the prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis in Austria and in France?

Toxoplasmosis is one of the most frequent congenital diseases. In several European countries many practitioners, and particularly gynaecologists and paediatricians in their everyday practice, regularly prescri...

P. Ambroise-Thomas in Congenital toxoplasmosis (2000)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Congenital toxoplasmosis: past, present and future

Toxoplasmosis is the first infection of the TORCH complex (Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus and Herpes simplex) and one of the most important congenital diseases. Consideration is too often limited to t...

P. Ambroise-Thomas, E. Petersen in Congenital toxoplasmosis (2000)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Biological diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis: methods

The biological techniques used, for diagnosis, in the field of congenital toxoplasmosis are numerous and very different from each other. This is due to the fact that each step of the diagnosis (acquired immuni...

H. Pelloux, P. Ambroise-Thomas in Congenital toxoplasmosis (2000)

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Use of simulated blood cultures to compare a specific fungal medium with a standard microorganism medium for yeast detection

The aim of this study was to compare the performance of a specific blood culture medium recently developed to detect fungi on the Bactec 9240 system (Mycosis IC/F; Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument System...

H. Fricker-Hidalgo, F. Chazot, B. Lebeau… in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (1998)

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Genomic drift of Toxoplasma gondii

 We review herein studies concerning the genomic polymorphism of Toxoplasma gondii including 3 clones (1 linked with mouse pathogenicity), 5 zymodemes, and 13 schizodemes. Because mutations occur with some freque...

J. K. Frenkel, P. Ambroise-Thomas in Parasitology Research (1996)

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Interlaboratory comparison of polymerase chain reaction for the detection ofToxoplasma gondii DNA added to samples of amniotic fluid

To investigate the accuracy of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for the detection ofToxoplasma gondii in clinical specimens, aliquots of amniotic fluid to which known amounts ofToxoplasma gondii DNA had...

E. C. Guy, H. Pelloux, M. Lappalainen… in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (1996)

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Influence of cytokines on Toxoplasma gondii growth in human astrocytoma-derived cells

 The effects of interferon-γ (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin 1-α (IL-1-α), and interleukin 6 (IL-6) on the growth of the Toxoplasma gondii RH strain were studied in vitro using a human astro...

H. Pelloux, G. Pernod, B. Polack, E. Coursange, J. Ricard… in Parasitology Research (1996)

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Cytokine Production by Human Cells after Toxoplasma gondii Infection

Although the pathophysiology of toxoplasmosis is not fully understood, it is now clear that the cytokine network plays a major role in the cellular mechanisms involved in the control of Toxoplasma gondii infectio...

H. Pelloux, P. Ambroise-Thomas in Toxoplasma gondii (1996)

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Tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin 1 alpha, and interleukin 6 mRNA expressed by human astrocytoma cells after infection by three different strains ofToxoplasma gondii

The role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of toxoplasmosis remains unknown to a large extent, especially in the case of reactivation that occurs in immunocompromised patients. To assess the importance of tumor...

H. Pelloux, J. Ricard, V. Bracchi, Y. Markowicz, J. M. Verna… in Parasitology Research (1994)

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Circulating stable antigens at higher levels down-regulate antibody responses toPlasmodium falciparum

A study involving 169 schoolchildren (5–14 years old) living in Manarintsoa near Antananarivo (Madagascar, East Africa) was performed during the seasonal malaria transmission period. For the whole population e...

B. Chumpitazi, J -P. Lepers, M. Rason, A. Meunier, C. Boudin… in Parasitology Research (1993)

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A new report of triclabendazole efficacy during invading phase fasciolasis

S. Picot, M. Querrec, J. L. Ghez… in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (1992)

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Brain-tissue cysts in rats infected with the RH strain ofToxoplasma gondii

Virulent strains of the coccidian parasiteToxoplasma gondii become attenuated so as to survive and complete their life cycle; however, it is not known whether the attenuation process is attributable to an innate ...

V. Lecomte, B. F. F. Chumpitazi, B. Pasquier, P. Ambroise-Thomas… in Parasitology Research (1992)

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Restriction-fragment-length polymorphisms amongToxoplasma gondii strains

N. Cristina, B. Oury, P. Ambroise-Thomas, F. Santoro in Parasitology Research (1991)