BackgroundHumoral and cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among immunosuppressed patients remain poorly defined, as well as variables associated with poor response.MethodsWe performed a retrospective observational cohort study at a large Northern California healthcare system of infection-naïve individuals fully vaccinated against SA...
The cotton blue disease, caused by the cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), leads to dwarfism, leaf rolling, and production loss in susceptible cotton varieties. To develop an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test to detect the virus in cotton and weeds, peptides based on the coat protein were used to produce polyclonal (a-GQE, a-PRN, and ...
To analyze the molecular mechanism of rare Bweak subgroup in the ABO blood group system and conduct pedigree investigations. The blood group was detected by conventional serological method, and ABO gene of proband and her family was amplified and sequenced by polymerase chain reaction method. The study showed that the proband was a Bweak phenotype ...
Published in International urology and nephrology
We sought to investigate the utility of anti-PLA2R antibody as a non-invasive screening method for the diagnosis of primary MN in patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS). All consecutive patients with NS admitted in our department, between 01.01.2015 and 31.12.2019 were screened for anti-PLA2R antibodies by an ELISA assay (EUROIMMUN, Lübeck, DE). A p...
Published in BMC Medicine
Background We aimed to determine whether living in a household with children is associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in adults and investigated interacting factors that may influence this association. Methods SARS-CoV-2 serology testing was performed in randomly selected individuals from the general population between end of October 2020 and F...
Published in Journal of Clinical Virology plus
Introduction There is a need for detailed data on early antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 as this may contribute to the prediction of the clinical course of COVID-19 and the optimization of convalescent plasma treatment. This study aims to gain insight into developing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in health care workers (HCWs) infected in the first ...
Published in Parasites & Vectors
Background Zoonotic leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania infantum is endemic in several countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Latin America, and Asia. Dogs are the main hosts and reservoirs of human infection. Thus, from a One Health perspective, early diagnosis of Leishmania infection in dogs is essential to control the dissemination of the parasite...
Published in Journal of Clinical Virology
Background : Humoral and cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among immunosuppressed patients remain poorly defined, as well as variables associated with poor response. Methods : We performed a retrospective observational cohort study at a large Northern California healthcare system of infection-naïve individuals fully vaccinated aga...
Published in Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology (London, England)
The Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) causes severe and often fatal encephalitis in humans. The virus is endemic in parts of Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria. As an increasing number of human BoDV-1 encephalitis cases is being diagnosed, the chance for healthcare professionals to come into contact with infected tissues and bodily fluids...
Published in Ecohealth
Swine coronaviruses affecting pigs have been studied sporadically in wildlife. In Argentina, epidemiological surveillance of TGEV/PRCV is conducted only in domestic pigs. The aim was to assess the prevalence of TGEV/PRCV in wild Suina. Antibodies against these diseases in wild boar and captive collared peccary were surveyed by ELISA. Antibodies aga...
