Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Horses from Ukraine: an Investigation Using Two Serological Methods.

Background: Horses are recognized as important hosts for the zoonotic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, mainly because meat of infected horses can be a source of human T. gondii infections. However, the baseline knowledge on equine T.

[Non-invasive methods for the assessment of platelet, leukocyte, erythrocyte aggregation and coagulation hemostasis].

A non-invasive method for the study of platelet aggregation and formation of leukocyte-erythrocyte-platelet aggregates as well as certain hemostatic parameters is proposed. The method is based on the speckle-analysis of coherent light scattering from the surface of erythrocytes moving in an artificially isolated vessel segment. It was shown that light scattering index significantly correlated with ADP-, adrenalin-, or collagen-induced platelet aggregation, with the formation of leukocyte-erythrocyte or platelet-erythrocyte aggregates, and with the levels of fibrinogen, soluble fibrin-monomer complexes and related parameters.

[The noninvasive technique of analysis of aggregation activity of thrombocytes, leukocytes and erythrocytes].

The article considers the noninvasive technique of analysis of aggregation activity of thrombocytes and formation of leukocytic-erythrocytic-thrombocytic aggregates and some particular indicators of hemostasis system. The speckle-analysis of characteristics of coherent light dispersion from surface of erythrocytes moving in artificially isolated vessel section. The study established high correlation ratio between light dispersion index and spontaneous ADP-, adrenalin- and collagen-induced aggregation of thrombocytes, formation of leukocytic-erythrocytic and thrombocytic-erythrocytic aggregations.

[Antiulcerous efficacy of reamberin at the background of the stress ulcerogenic factor action].

The effect of reamberin on morphofunctional changes in the small intestine mucous membrane due to stress ulcerogenesis was studied. Normalization of the lipid modifications in the tissue structure, evident of the drug antiulcerous properties, was observed.

[Leukocytosis and outcomes of acute stroke].

We carried out the retrospective analysis of 300 disease histories of patients with stroke hospitalized in the first 24 h of the disease. The presence of leukocytosis and its severity were evaluated as predictors of outcome. The level of leukocyte-erythrocyte aggregations in the blood film was determined in some patients.