tuberculosis/potato

Objective: This study aimed to determine the acceptability (level of preference) of TB patients and the value of protein of snack made of cork fish flour and sweet potato flour. Method:

A good candidate antigen to create a therapeutic vaccine against TB is the ESAT-6 protein. Antigens produced in plants have already been successfully used as experimental vaccines, and small single-stranded RNA plant viruses have emerged as promising tools to rapidly express large amounts of foreign

The novel use of transgenic plants as vectors for the expression of viral and bacterial antigens has been increasingly tested as an alternative methodology for the production and delivery of experimental oral vaccines. Here, we examined the immunogenicity of combined plant-made vaccines that include

The study was undertaken to design a new effective and inexpensive culture medium to be used in the bacteriology of tuberculosis. Replacement of sodium glutaminate by the yeast autolysate S. cerevisie and ammonium citrate--ammonium oxalate in the Finn-II medium, addition of n-alkanes (C12-C18) and

Our purpose was to determine the anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity of the metabolites produced by the endophitic fungus Phomopsis stipata (Lib.) B. Sutton, (Diaporthaceae), cultivated in different media. The antimycobacterial activity was assessed through the Resazurin Microtiter Assay (REMA)

All vaccines against tuberculosis used actually over the world contain Mycobacterium bovis BCG strains (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) as active substance. Strain BCG, that was obtained in 1921 by Calmette and Guerin after 13 years ofpassaging on the potato-glicerol medium with addition of bile, was

Through examination of one of the fundamental in vitro characteristics of Mycobacterium bovis--its requirement for pyruvate in glycerol medium--we have revealed a lesion in central metabolism that has profound implications for in vivo growth and nutrition. Not only is M. bovis unable to use glycerol

The extent and pattern of drug resistance among previously treated tuberculosis patients was investigated. Ninety-six patients with a total treatment duration of between 6 and 18 months and still smear and culture positive were examined. Treatment was either continuous or in intermittent blocks.

Three kinds of simplified agar media were reported in this paper, which are easy to prepare and are simple in constituents. The velocity and the quantity of growth of seven strains tested on simplified agar media 309A and 309C were similar to or prevail over those on Lowenstein-Jensen medium and No.

OBJECTIVE To establish a rapid, simple and reliable assay with samples of whole blood for diagnosis and epidemiological study on hydatidosis. METHODS The dot immunogold filtration assay kit was developed and potato agglutinin was applied to blot blood quickly. RESULTS Among 1 678 persons from

To date, Schizophyllum commune infection has been identified in only humans and dogs. A 7-year-old female harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) died after exhibiting corneal opacity, anorexia, and labored respiration. At necropsy, phthisis of the left eyeball was detected, and multiple nodular lesions were

The case reported, in this article is one of a somewhat extensive cutaneous disease, which occurred in a man, 33 years of age, who gave the following history: The disease first made its appearance, eleven and a half years ago, at the back of the left ear, as a pimple which soon became pustular. The

BACKGROUND Hypoxis species are used extensively in traditional medicine in southern Africa for several ailments including tuberculosis, chest infections, and nervous and urinary disorders. Several other claims have been made for extracts emanating from Hypoxis species and have led to the production

In 1891 in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Dr. Albert Calmette established the first daughter Pasteur Institute for the protection of the local population against rabies and smallpox. Inspired by the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin by Behring, Calmette studied ways of raising serum against cobra