Prevalence of Hepatozoon canis infection in dogs from the area of Lublin Voivodship.

Canine hepatozoonosis is a tick-borne protozoal disease. Two species of Hepatozoon may infect dogs: Hepatozoon americanum and H. canis.

Clinical course of granulocytic anaplasmosis in hunting dogs.

The aim of this study was to analyze cases of granulocytic anaplosmosis diagnosed in 53 hunting dogs in Poland. Medical records of dogs naturally infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum were retrospectively evaluated with regard to clinical signs and laboratory abnormalities at the time of presentation, therapy and course of disease. The most common clinical signs in A.

Granulocytic anaplasmosis in captive ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Poland.

Background: Anaplasma are obligate intracellular bacteria and aetiological agents of tick-borne diseases of both veterinary and medical interest. The genus Anaplasma comprises six species: Anaplasma marginale, Anaplasma centrale, Anaplasma ovis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma platys. They can infect humans, carnivores, ruminants, rodents, insectivores, birds and reptiles.

Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in Poland.

Canine babesiosis is a tickborne, protozoal, haemoparasitic disease. Babesia organisms are frequently classified as either large (B. canis) or small (B.

Epizootic Situation of Feline Infection in Eastern Poland.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of spp. in cats in eastern Poland, and to determine the factors associated with the infection.

Material And Methods: PCRs were performed to detect DNA in the whole blood of 672 cats from four regions in eastern Poland (the Lublin, Podlasie, Masovian, and Subcarpathian provinces).

Clinical value of human epididymis protein 4 and the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm in differentiating borderline pelvic tumors from epithelial ovarian cancer in early stages.

Objective: The clinical value of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) and the possibility of its use in the differential diagnosis in patients with benign, borderline and epithelial ovarian cancer in early International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stages.

Study Design: The study group consisted of 205 women, including 60 with ovarian cancer, 18 with borderline tumors, 77 with benign lesions and 50 healthy subjects. In all the patients, before the treatment and in control groups, we determined CA 125 and HE4 in serum by electrochemiluminescence on the basis of the COBAS e601 system.

Chlamydia trachomatis and herpes simplex virus 2 infection in vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia associated with human papillomavirus.

Background: The role of viral and bacterial co-infection is stressed in VIN. A view that VIN is a sexually transmitted disease made the area of research larger and stimulated scientists to seek other sexually transmitted factors, among which Chlamydia trachomatis and Herpes simplex are frequently examined.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the frequency of occurrence of HPV DNA and the frequency of co-infection with Herpes virus type 2 and Chlamydia trachomatis in VIN.

Immunohistochemical detection of hMLH1 and hMSH2 proteins in vulvar carcinoma.

The immunohistochemical (IHC) detection of MMR proteins is an accurate and rapid method to predict the presence of defective DNA MMR genes. MMR protein expression could also serve as a prognostic indicator of human cancers. The results of many studies demonstrate the usefulness of IHC tests with monoclonal antibodies MSH2 and MLH1 in screening the microsatellite sequence instability within both spontaneous and hereditary malignant neoplasms.

Are the vasodilators needed in critical limb ischemia? Laser Doppler flowmetry study.

Twenty patients with critical limb ischemia, fulfilling the criteria of European Consensus of Critical Limb Ischemia, were included in the study. Fifteen healthy subjects served as the controls. Laser Doppler flowmetry method was applied to assess the peripheral skin microcirculation during provocation tests such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and veno-arterial reflex.

Evaluation of mRNA expression of estrogen receptor beta and its isoforms in human normal and neoplastic endometrium.

Endometrial cancer is well known to be estrogen-dependent. Two estrogen receptor types, ERalpha and ERbeta, are major mediators of a diversity of biologic functions of estrogen and play an important role in estrogen-dependent tissues and cancers. Cloning of ERbeta was followed by the discovery of a variety of its isoforms.