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Evaluation of serological assays for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis disease: a study protocol
BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) poses a major public health challenge, particularly in children. A substantial proportion of children with TB disease...
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Follow-up SARS-CoV-2 serological study of a health care worker cohort following COVID-19 booster vaccination
BackgroundStudies have shown that Omicron breakthrough infections can occur at higher SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels compared to previous variants....
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Longitudinal Molecular and Serological Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Vaccination Status: Community-Based Surveillance Study (CONTACT)
IntroductionThis prospective, longitudinal, community-based study, EpidemiologiCal POpulatioN STudy of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus...
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Late-age onset systemic sclerosis—clinical and serological characteristics
The clinical course and serological profile of the late-age onset systemic sclerosis (LAO SSc) and the early-age onset SSc (EAO SSc) was compared....
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Serological Screening of TORCH Pathogen Infections in Infertile Women of Childbearing Age in Northwest China
Serological screening for TORCH(Toxoplasma gondii [TOX], Rubella virus [RV], Cytomegalovirus [CMV], and Herpes simplex virus [HSV]) infections is an...
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Interactions and clinical implications of serological and respiratory variables 3 months after acute COVID-19
Medical follow-up of symptomatic patients after acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) results in major burdens on patients and healthcare...
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Clinical and serological insights into paraneoplastic brachial amyotrophic diplegia
BackgroundBrachial amyotrophic diplegia (BAD) is typically linked to a neurodegenerative etiology such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)....
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Specificity of serological screening tests and reference laboratory tests to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: a prospective clinical performance study
BackgroundSerological screening tests play a crucial role to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT). Presently, they preselect...
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Waco COVID Survey: A Community-Based SARS-CoV-2 Serological Surveillance Study in Central Texas
In early-2020, the epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was still in discovery and initial reports about the role of asymptomatic individuals were...
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Current advances in serological and molecular diagnosis of Schistosoma mekongi infection
Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, caused by blood flukes belonging to the genus Schistosoma; it persists as a public health problem in...
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Test concordance and diagnostic accuracy of three serological assays for detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody: result from a population-based sero-epidemiological study in Delhi
BackgroundSeveral methodological tests are available to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibody. Tests are mostly used in the aid of diagnosis or for serological...
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COVID-19 Prevalence in UNIVI Group Nursing Homes and Multilevel Geriatric Hospitals: Epidemiological Study of Immunological Status with Rapid Serological Tests for Diagnostic Guidance and Follow Up
Background/ObjectivesTo date, data are lacking on the proportion of residents, and employees who have actually been exposed to SARS-Cov-2 in nursing...
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Serological Biomarkers of Chronic Migraine
Purpose of ReviewChronic migraine (CM) is a chronic form of migraine that differs from episodic migraine (EM) in terms of prevalence, comorbidities,...
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Clinical and serological characterization of acute pleuropericarditis suggests an autoinflammatory pathogenesis and highlights risk factors for recurrent attacks
PurposeWe describe the manifestations and course of patients with pleuropericarditis (PP). Serum parameters were analyzed to evaluate the...
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Serological and molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in ß. thalassemia patients
Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide opportunistic protozoan causing life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients, while frequently...
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Serological response to vaccination against coronavirus disease-19 in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Vaccination against coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is effective in preventing the occurrence or reduction in the severity of the infection....
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Serological response to COVID-19 pneumonia and increasing severity over 18 months in a prospective cohort of hospitalized patients
In this study, we present an 18-month serological follow-up of 294 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. The aim was to assess the dynamics of...
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Clinical and serological factors associated with lupus pericarditis: a case–control study
ObjectiveLupus pericarditis, a common manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), can be fatal. We examined the prevalence of lupus...
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Impact of bariatric surgery on the effectiveness of serological response after COVID-19 vaccination
PurposeThe primary objective of the current study is to determine whether bariatric surgery reversed the negative impact of obesity on the...
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Serological response to vaccination in post-acute sequelae of COVID
BackgroundIndividuals with post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC) may have a persistence in immune activation that differentiates them from individuals...
