| studies on the epidemiology of child infections in the bari area (south italy). v. epidemiology of toxoplasma gondii infections. | sera from 2790 0-15 aged infants and children were titrated for antibodies to toxoplasma gondii by indirect immunofluorescent test. maternal-derived antibodies were found at high rates in the first six months of life (32.9%). the positivity rate declined during the second semester of life (7.5%) and increased again with time (7.8% between 1 and 5 years, 11.2% between 5 and 10 years, 14.4% between 10 and 15 years). no statistically significant differences were found between the sexes. igm specifi ... | 1992 | 1501584 |
| investigation of toxoplasma gondii presence in farmed shellfish by nested-pcr and real-time pcr fluorescent amplicon generation assay (flag). | to evaluate the presence of toxoplasma gondii in edible farmed shellfish, 1734 shellfish specimens i.e., 109 crassostrea gigas (6 pools), 660 mytilus galloprovincialis (22 pools), 804 tapes decussatus (28 pools) and 161 tapes philippinarum (6 pools), were collected from the varano lagoon (apulia, italy). shellfish from 62 pools were subjected to two molecular techniques: a nested-pcr assay, and a fluorescent amplicon generation (flag) real-time pcr assay, both based on the multi-copy b1 target, ... | 2010 | 20920501 |
| allergy, asthma and markers of infections among albanian migrants to southern italy. | studies of immigrants represent an useful tool to determine the relative relevance of environmental vs genetic factors in causing the reported rapid increase of the prevalence of sensitization and allergic diseases. | 2004 | 15147448 |