| detection of neurotropic viruses circulating in tuscany: the incisive role of toscana virus. | acute meningitis is perhaps the most frequent among central nervous system infections. we report a study considering 277 cases of meningitis hospitalized in the southern tuscany area (italy) during the period from 1995 to 1998 investigated by tissue culture and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) methods. the cytochemical analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid samples suggested the diagnosis of aseptic meningitis, recognized as viral meningitis in 104 cases by detection of viral dna or rna. the results ... | 2000 | 10568768 |
| the structure of lifetime manic-hypomanic spectrum. | the observation that bipolar disorders frequently go unrecognized has prompted the development of screening instruments designed to improve the identification of bipolarity in clinical and non-clinical samples. starting from a lifetime approach, researchers of the spectrum project developed the mood spectrum self-report (moods-sr) that assesses threshold-level manifestations of unipolar and bipolar mood psychopathology, but also atypical symptoms, behavioral traits and temperamental features. th ... | 2009 | 18541309 |
| [prevalence of plasmodium spp. in asymptomatic african immigrants assessed by nucleic acid sequence based amplification]. | malaria is one of the most important infectious diseases in the world. although most cases occur in the tropical regions of africa, asia, central and south america, there is in europe a significant increase in the number of imported cases in non-endemic countries, in particular due to the higher mobility in today's society. the prevalence of a possible asymptomatic infection with plasmodium species was assessed using nucleic acid sequence based amplification (nasba) assays on clinical samples co ... | 2010 | 20424521 |