Immunomodulatory and antiparasitic effects of garlic extract on Eimeria vermiformis-infected mice.

We investigated the immunomodulatory and parasiticidal effects of garlic extract on coccidiosis caused by Eimeria vermiformis infection in male ICR mice. One group received garlic extract daily until the end of the experiment by the oral route from 10 days prior to oral infection with 300 sporulated E. vermiformis oocysts (infected-garlic(+)).

Serum leptin and its relation to anthropometric measures of obesity in pre-diabetic Saudis.

Background: Little information is available on leptin concentrations in individuals with IGT. This study aims to determine and correlate leptin levels to anthropometric measures of obesity in pre-diabetic, (IFG and IGT), type 2 diabetic and normoglycaemic Saudis.

Methods: 308 adult Saudis (healthy controls n = 80; pre-diabetes n = 86; Type 2 diabetes n = 142) participated.

Testicular veins: anatomy and role in varicocelogenesis and other pathologic conditions.

The anatomy of the testicular veins of 42 male cadavers were studied to determine the extent of their role in varicocelogenesis and other pathologic conditions. The results of that study are presented.

Pelvic organ venous communications. Anatomy and role in urogenital diseases; a new technique of cystovaginohysterography.

A study of the communicating veins between the venous plexuses of the pelvic organs was performed on 21 female cadavers. Thirteen cadavers were studied radiologically after being injected with barium sulfate and 8 were examined after injection of a plastic material. Two groups of communicating veins could be recognized: rectovaginal and vaginovesical; their anatomic features are described.

Cultivation and subgroup determination of human rotaviruses from Egyptian infants and young children.

Primary African green monkey kidney cells were more sensitive than primary cynomolgus monkey kidney and MA104 cells for supporting the growth of human rotaviruses detected in diarrheal stools of Egyptian infants and young children. In attempts to characterize these Egyptian rotaviruses, only 31% of the strains tested in the form of fecal suspensions were identified as subgroup 1 or 2. After one passage in African green monkey kidney cells, 80% of the strains were identified as subgroup 1 or 2.