Prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus in some selected sites of Ethiopia.

This study assesses the current prevalence status of Cystic echinococcosis in cattle and sheep and echinococcosis in dogs in Assela, Makale and Debre Zeit areas of Ethiopia. Our target areas represent three different agro-ecological zones in Ethiopia. Of the cattle studied the infected were, 17(13.

Diagnostic value of tests for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation.

The value of Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies for the diagnosis of reactivated toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients is controversely discussed. The present study was performed to investigate the value of testing for antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Of 75 patients enrolled in the study, 53 (70.

Echinococcus granulosus strain differentiation based on sequence heterogeneity in mitochondrial genes of cytochrome c oxidase-1 and NADH dehydrogenase-1.

Genetic analyses of Echinococcus granulosus isolates from different intermediate host species have demonstrated substantial levels of variation for some genotype (strain) clusters. To determine the range of genetic variability within and between genotypes we amplified and cloned partial cox1 and nadh1 genes from 16 isolates of E. granulosus from 4 continents.

Comparison of two commercially available avidity tests for toxoplasma-specific IgG antibodies.

Background: IgG anti-Toxoplasma avidity tests have proven useful to discriminate between recent and distant infection in management of pregnant women with anti-Toxoplasma-IgM antibodies. This study was performed to compare two commercially available IgG anti-Toxoplasma avidity test kits.

Methods: Sixty-four samples positive for IgM and IgG anti-Toxoplasma antibodies were analyzed with two IgG anti-Toxoplasma avidity tests: VIDAS Toxo IgG avidity kit (BioMérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France) and Toxoplasma gondii IgG avidity EIA kit (Labsystems, Helsinki, Finland).