Cross-cultural psychometric assessment of the VAGUS insight into psychosis scale - Spanish version.

Impaired insight into illness, a core feature of schizophrenia with negative clinical implications, is a multidimensional phenomenon existing on a continuum. However, the degree to which illness perception in distinct cultures influences the appraisal of insight into illness in schizophrenia remains unclear. As such, we aimed to determine if the psychometric properties of the VAGUS insight into psychosis scale (www.

Biorheological action of Ascaris lumbricoides larvae on human erythrocytes.

Previous studies have shown that A. lumbricoides extracts capture sialic acid (SA) from human red blood cells (RBC). The aim of this work was to study hemorheological alterations in vitro caused by parasite larvae.

[Change of erythrocyte charge with the use of Alcian blue method in Ascaris lumbricoides extracts].

Introduction: the study of the host-parasite interactions is a new challenge to understanding some aspects of the parasitic metabolism and the mechanisms of invasion, immunological evasion and damage. Ascaris lumbricoides may cause anemia and thrombosis. It was previously shown that Ascaris lumbricoides modified the superficial charge of erythrocytes, which means that the parasite can capture sialic acid from the red blood cell.

[Alteration in superficial anionic charge of erythrocytes and desialated erythrocytes caused by Ascaris lumbricoides].

Introduction: Sialic acid of the erythrocytes has hemorreologic and hemodynamic importance, so its reduction causes erythrocyte aggregation and low blood flow.

Objective: To study the effect of A. lumbricoides on the anionic charge of erythrocytes and of desialated erythrocytes, taking the time of contact of the erythrocytes with parasite extracts into account.

Ascaris lumbricoides: alteration of the erythrocyte superficial charge using the Partition Method in aqueous two-phase system.

Sialic acid is responsible for the negative charge of the erythrocyte. The decrease of sialic acid has hemodynamical and hemorheological importance. The aim was to study the effect of A.

H antigen presence in an Ascaris lumbricoides extract.

Previous experiences have demonstrated the same ABO system and P system antigens in A. lumbricoides extracts and in their hosts. The aim was to show the behavior of an A.

ABO System: molecular mimicry of Ascaris lumbricoides.

A. lumbricoides has been associated to the ABO System by various authors. The objective was to detect ABO System epitopes in A.

P system antigenic determiners expression in Ascaris lumbricoides.

The P System antigens have been detected in numerous parasites, bacteria and viruses, nevertheless the clinical significance is still unknown. The aim was to study the presence of P1 antigenic determiners in A. lumbricoides extracts by means of the use of 6 different monoclonal antibodies of well-known concentrations and Ig class.