| survey on the allergic status in a turkish population in sweden. | a limited survey on the allergic status and total ige was performed on 205 persons of turkish origin aged between 16 and 76 years living in stockholm, uppsala, sweden in 1990. a questionnaire was mailed to 205 persons and was returned by 92%. 71 persons were randomly selected among those who returned the questionnaire, and were examined after an interview, skin-prick test (spt) and total ige levels were also measured. the atopy prevalence of the randomly selected group of turks was found 32.4%. ... | 1993 | 8328351 |
| cat and dog allergen in mattresses and textile covered floors of homes which do or do not have pets, either in the past or currently. | the aim of this study was to measure the levels of cat and dog allergen in homes of families that had either never kept pets or kept or had kept cats or dogs. from a small residential area outside stockholm consisting of 250 houses with similar exteriors 70 homes were included. dust samples were collected from mattresses and textile-covered floors. the levels of cat and dog allergen were analysed by elisa. fel d1 was found in mattress dust in all 70 homes, median 0.5 micrograms/g [0.24-8.89 micr ... | 1998 | 9560840 |
| prevalence of antibodies to bartonella henselae, b. elizabethae and b. quintana in swedish domestic cats. | sera from 292 cats were analyzed by means of indirect immunofluorescence for antibodies to bartonella henselae, b. quintana and b. elizabethae. the sera were sent to the swedish national institute of veterinary medicine for health monitoring and were tested retrospectively for antibodies to bartonella. the most prevalent antibodies (25%) reacted with the b. elizabethae antigen. cats with such antibodies were older than those without antibodies. the prevalence of antibodies to b. elizabethae was ... | 2002 | 12030392 |
| cat bite wound infections: a prospective clinical and microbiological study at three emergency wards in stockholm, sweden. | the rate of infection following cat bites appears to be greater than that from dog bites. to study the clinical picture, complications and microbiology (in humans and cats), this prospective study was performed. | 2006 | 16483663 |
| [angry cats get torn fur. consequences of knife violence in stockholm]. | | 1980 | 7401784 |
| two symposia on the "natriuretic hormone"--smolenice (czechoslovakia) and stockholm (sweden)--1969 (review). | | 1970 | 5315365 |
| on the epidemiology of human toxoplasmosis in scandinavia especially in children. | a random sample representing approx. one-third of pre-school children and approx. 95% of school children in age groups 8, 11, 13, and 15 years in a suburb of stockholm were examined for antibodies to toxoplasma. antibodies were uncommon in small children. they gradually appeared throughout childhood but especially in adolescence and adult life. antibodies were more common in females than in males. even small girls were more often infected than boys of corresponding age. the difference becomes ma ... | 1979 | 525342 |
| toxoplasmosis not transmitted by cat bite, but high prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in patients bitten by their own cat. | the aims of the study were to investigate the prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in a group of patients bitten by cats, and also to determine if toxoplasmosis can be transferred by cat bite. seventy-two patients who attended the emergency wards at 3 hospitals in stockholm, sweden, due to infection by cat bite, were investigated for specific igm and igg antibodies to t. gondii in the acute phase, as well as in the convalescent phase about 2 weeks later. specific igg antibodies to t. go ... | 2010 | 20482458 |
| age patterns of disease and death in insured swedish dogs, cats and horses. | from 1995 to the present agria animal insurance, sweden (agria djurförsäkring, stockholm, sweden) has provided data on both health care and life insurance claims for descriptive and analytical research. from these data we have published extensively on insured dogs and horses and have recently submitted a study on cat mortality. over the periods studied most extensively (1995-2002 for dogs, 1997-2004 for horses and 1999-2006 for cats), agria has insured approximately 200,000 dogs, 100,000 horses ... | 2010 | 19932895 |
| prevalence of myocardial hypertrophy in a population of asymptomatic swedish maine coon cats. | maine coon cats have a familial disposition for developing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hcm) with evidence of an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance 1. the current mode to diagnose hcm is by use of echocardiography. however, definite reference criteria have not been established. the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of echocardigraphic changes consistent with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in swedish maine coon cats, and to compare echocardiographic measurements with previou ... | 2008 | 18564408 |
| using narrative analysis to understand the combined use of complementary therapies and bio-medically oriented health care. | rather than using different therapies in isolation, many cancer patients use different therapies in a complementary fashion. little research to date has given attention to individuals' experiences of the combined use of biomedically oriented health care (bhc) and complementary and alternative therapies (cats). therefore, this paper examines one individual's negotiation between complementary self-care methods and bhc in the treatment of cancer in stockholm, sweden. using narrative analysis, we ex ... | 2007 | 17619069 |
| environmental risk factors for allergy and socioeconomic status in a birth cohort (bamse). | associations between parental educational level and possible risk factors for atopic disease during the first months of life were explored in a cohort of 4089 neonate children born 1994-96 in stockholm, sweden. reports concerning a number of life style factors during pregnancy and after the baby was born were obtained by questionnaire. there was a strong negative association between duration of education and maternal smoking during pregnancy, parental smoking after the baby was born and keeping ... | 2002 | 12144640 |