Agglutinins titers against Y. enterocolitica 0:3, 0:5, 0:9 and Y. pseudotuberculosis 1 were determined by the microagglutination method in 777 blood donor sera. Titers o f < 1/10 were observed in 93.5Β°/0 of the subjects for Y. enterocolitica 0:3, in 87.8% for Y. enterocolitica 0.79 and in 95.10/0 f
Prevalence ofLegionella pneumophilaserogroup 1 antibodies in blood donors
β Scribed by Laura Franzin; Florinda Scramuzza
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 427 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0393-2990
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract Sera of blood donors were investigated by a peptide ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence assay to assess the prevalence of HHVβ8 infection in the Hungarian population. A 14 amino acid long synthetic oligopeptide from the carboxyterminus of orf65/small virus capsid antigen was used as a
## Abstract Iron deficiency anemia has been linked to restless legs syndrome (RLS) and regular blood donation may lead to iron deficiency. It has been reported that blood donations may be associated with RLS. A recent study from Sweden found that 25% of the women donors were affected by RLS. Howeve
## Abstract Cases of autochthonous acute hepatitis E occur in most industrialized countries and are frequent in the South West of France. The prevalence of antiβhepatitis E virus (HEV) IgG antibodies in blood donors in this area was determined. A total of 529 samples from rural and urban blood dono