List of MeSH codes (H01)
... parasitic sensitivity tests MeSH H01.158.273.738 - photobiology MeSH H01.158.273.789 - radiobiology MeSH H01.158.273.943 - ... predictive value of tests MeSH H01.548.832.672.617 - proportional hazards models MeSH H01.548.832.672.734 - risk MeSH H01.548. ... hardness tests MeSH H01.671.368 - health physics MeSH H01.671.469 - lubrication MeSH H01.671.493 - magnetics MeSH H01.671. ... animal testing alternatives MeSH H01.770.644.145.250 - embryo research MeSH H01.770.644.145.250.750 - research embryo creation ...
List of MeSH codes (E05)
... microbial sensitivity tests MeSH E05.337.550.400.800 - serum bactericidal test MeSH E05.337.550.600 - parasitic sensitivity ... limulus test MeSH E05.200.875.220 - colony count, microbial MeSH E05.200.875.595 - microbial sensitivity tests MeSH E05.200. ... sensitivity and specificity MeSH E05.318.780.800.650 - predictive value of tests MeSH E05.318.780.800.750 - roc curve MeSH ... neutralization tests MeSH E05.196.922.750 - potentiometry MeSH E05.196.922.875 - skin test end-point titration MeSH E05.196. ...
List of MeSH codes (G01)
... parasitic sensitivity tests MeSH G01.273.738 - photobiology MeSH G01.273.789 - radiobiology MeSH G01.273.866 - sociobiology ...
Trichomonas vaginalis
... such as rapid antigen testing and transcription-mediated amplification, have even greater sensitivity, but are not in ... Trichomonas vaginalis, a parasitic protozoan, is the etiologic agent of trichomoniasis, and is a sexually transmitted infection ... It is unreliably detected by studying a genital discharge or with a cervical smear because of their low sensitivity. T. ... Unlike other parasitic protozoa (Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, etc.), Trichomonas vaginalis exists in only one ...
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis
A review: Determining the sensitivity and specificity of western blot tests for diagnosis of Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis ... Immunomodulation effects of various anti-parasitics:a review. 2006, Parasitol, Vol. 132, pp. 301-13 Lindsay, David A. David ... 80% of horses with EPM have positive antibody tests. A negative antibody test in the presence of EPM results if testing is done ... Serum antibody testing is available that measures levels of these antibodies in the blood of horses, which is helpful in ...
Toxocariasis
PCR, ELISA, and serological testing are more commonly used to diagnose Toxocara infection. Serological tests are dependent on ... Parasitic loads as high as 300 larvae in a single gram of liver have been noted in humans. The "excretory-secretory antigens of ... ELISAs are much more reliable and currently have a 78% sensitivity and a 90% specificity. A 2007 study announced an ELISA ... High parasitic loads or repeated infection can lead to visceral larva migrans (VLM). VLM is primarily diagnosed in young ...
Pain in invertebrates
Snails administered with morphine for four days did not differ from the control ones in tests on pain sensitivity and analgesia ... Morphine increases the latency of this defensive response in the parasitic Ascaris suum. In a study on the effects of opiates ... It has been found that molluscs and insects have opioid binding sites or opioid general sensitivity. Certainly there are many ... Injection of morphine reduced the crabs' sensitivity to the shock in a dose-dependent manner, with the effect declining with ...
Myelitis
Parasitic myelitis Parasitic species infect human hosts through larvae that penetrate the skin. Then they enter the lymphatic ... Complementary blood tests are also of value in establishing a firm diagnosis. Rarely, a biopsy of a mass lesion may become ... Adding gadolinium further increases diagnostic sensitivity. A brain MRI may be needed to identify the extent of central nervous ... It is believed that the immune system response could be to viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection; however, it is not ...
Dientamoeba fragilis
... a sample might be obtained each day to help increase the sensitivity. Patients can also be tested for E. vermicularis since the ... Unlike majority of parasitic infections, D. fragilis is more prevalent in well-developed countries as opposed to disadvantaged ... If the patient is a child, a temporary treatment would be offered to test if symptoms can be alleviated, otherwise, another ... Parasitic excavates, Parasites of humans, Bacteria described in 1918). ...
Radiation hardening
... a test mode, or a halt, which would then need a reset or a power cycle to recover. SEL can occur in any chip with a parasitic ... The sensitivity of the devices may increase together with increasing level of integration and decreasing size of individual ... These curves show performance trends throughout the TID test process and are included in the radiation test report. The short- ... Radiation-hardened products are typically tested to one or more resultant-effects tests, including total ionizing dose (TID), ...
Hermann Lehmann
He developed biochemical test for the diagnosis, and also discovered the genetic basis of the disease. Lehmanns most important ... At the Makerere College, he found that anaemia in many Africans was due to parasitic worm infection, specifically hookworm ... a deadly blood disease in which individuals have severe sensitivity to certain anesthetic drugs. While working at St ...
Fasciolosis
Most immunodiagnostic tests will detect infection and have a sensitivity above 90% during all stages of the diseases. In ... Fasciolosis is a parasitic worm infection caused by the common liver fluke Fasciola hepatica as well as by Fasciola gigantica. ... Most immunodiagnostic tests detect infection with very high sensitivity, and as concentration drops after treatment, it is a ... These immunological tests are based on detection of species-specific antibodies from sera. The antigenic preparations used have ...
Amoebiasis
Antigen detection tests are easy to use, but they have variable sensitivity and specificity, especially in low-endemic areas. ... Infection is more common in warmer areas, but this is because of both poorer hygiene and the parasitic cysts surviving longer ... Serological tests exist, and most infected individuals (with symptoms or not) test positive for the presence of antibodies. The ... These tests are not in widespread use due to their expense.[citation needed] Microscopy is still by far the most widespread ...
Colitis
... stool culture and sensitivity, stool ova and parasites et cetera). Additional tests may include medical imaging (e.g. abdominal ... Parasitic infections, like those caused by Entamoeba histolytica, can also cause colitis. Indeterminate colitis is the ... Researchers tested this approach in mice infected with C. difficile. Two days after the CRISPR treatment, the mice showed ... Parker W (December 2017). "Not infection with parasitic worms, but rather colonization with therapeutic helminths". Immunology ...
Test probe
Parasitic capacitance at the probe tip is very low so, for very high-frequency signals, the Z0 probe can offer lower loading ... and can be used when working with very small signals that would be below the scope's sensitivity limit if attenuated by ×10. ... A test probe is a physical device used to connect electronic test equipment to a device under test (DUT). Test probes range ... Specific types include test prods, oscilloscope probes and current probes. A test probe is often supplied as a test lead, which ...
Loa loa filariasis
Whereas a previously described LISXP-1 ELISA test had a poor sensitivity (55%), the QLIPS test is practical, as it requires ... Parasitic infestations, stings, and bites of the skin, Eye diseases, Tropical diseases, Zoonoses). ... No report on the distribution status of LIPS or QLIPS testing is available, but these tests would help to limit complications ... and that a positive serologic test does not necessarily distinguish among infections. The new tests have not reached the point- ...
Chloroquine
2014 test P. gallinaceum at Chulalongkorn University and find the parasite is not resistant.: 1237 Sertraline, fluoxetine and ... Digestion is carried out in a vacuole of the parasitic cell.[citation needed] Hemoglobin is composed of a protein unit ( ... Verapamil, a Ca2+ channel blocker, has been found to restore both the chloroquine concentration ability and sensitivity to this ... It is also used in poultry malaria.: 1237 Chloroquine was proposed as a treatment for SARS, with in vitro tests inhibiting the ...
Malaria antigen detection tests
Nevertheless, the kinetic properties and sensitivities to inhibitors targeted to the cofactor binding site differ significantly ... The host produces antibodies against the parasitic enzyme indicating a low sequence identity. The histidine-rich protein II ( ... Malaria antigen detection tests are a group of commercially available rapid diagnostic tests of the rapid antigen test type ... Malaria Antibodies Roll back malaria WHO product testing 2008 WHO Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) (Malaria, Blood tests). ...
Trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis culture tests are relatively cheap; however, sensitivity is still somewhat low (70-89%). The third method ... Secor WE, Meites E, Starr MC, Workowski KA (May 2014). "Neglected parasitic infections in the United States: trichomoniasis". ... or testing for the parasite's DNA. If present, other STIs should be tested for. Methods of prevention include not having sex, ... These tests are more costly than microscopy and culture, and are highly sensitive (80-90%). Use of male condoms or female ...
Trypanosomiasis
In this test, which has a sensitivity of between 40 and 80 percent, a healthcare worker will first find a cervical lymph node ... Trypanosomiasis or trypanosomosis is the name of several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of ... Regarding the accuracy of this test, it is reported to have an 87 to 98 percent sensitivity rating. Another way to diagnose ... One commonly used antibody test which operated based on this principle is the card agglutination test, C.A.T.T. for T. ...
Schistosoma haematobium
... commercial blood tests included ELISA and an Indirect immunofluorescence test, but these have low sensitivity ranging from 21% ... It is the major agent of schistosomiasis, the most prevalent parasitic infection in humans. It is the only blood fluke that ... Khurana S, Dubey ML, Malla N (April 2005). "Association of parasitic infections and cancers". Indian J Med Microbiol. 23 (2): ... Kinkel HF, Dittrich S, Bäumer B, Weitzel T (2012). "Evaluation of eight serological tests for diagnosis of imported ...
University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine
... antibiotic sensitivity test and the like; (3) Experimental Animal Farm attends to the resident animals - sheep, cattle, horses ... Parasite Collection and Reference Center Built in July 1995, the Center houses the college's collection of parasitic helminthes ...
Meningitis
Although Kernig's sign and Brudzinski's sign are both commonly used to screen for meningitis, the sensitivity of these tests is ... Mostly the parasites are parasitic worms, but can also rarely include parasitic amoebae. Meningitis may also result from ... Various other specialized tests may be used to distinguish between different types of meningitis. A latex agglutination test ... There are no physical tests that can rule out or determine if a person has meningitis. The jolt accentuation test is not ...
Blastocystosis
... neutral red supravital staining and its application to in vitro drug sensitivity testing". Parasitol. Res. 86 (7): 573-81. doi: ... March 2015). "Activity of medicinal plants from Ghana against the parasitic gut protist Blastocystis". J Ethnopharmacol. 174: ... so a special test does not have to be ordered. Direct microscopy is inexpensive, as the same test can identify a variety of ... Fecal antibody testing: A 2003 study at Ain Shams University in Egypt indicated that patients symptomatically infected could be ...
Honey
Over the past half century, a number of honey testing methods have been developed to detect food fraud. To date, there is no ... All non-parasitic bumblebees and stingless bees produce honey. Some wasp species, such as Brachygastra lecheguana and ... single universal analytical method available which is capable of detecting all types of adulteration with adequate sensitivity ... The honey grade scale is: India certifies honey grades based on additional factors, such as the Fiehe's test, and other ...
Single-event upset
The sensitivity of a device to SEU can be empirically estimated by placing a test device in a particle stream at a cyclotron or ... Under certain circumstances (of both circuit design, process design, and particle properties) a "parasitic" thyristor inherent ... Soft-error testing resources to support the JEDEC JESD89A test protocol. J. F. Ziegler and W. A. Lanford, "Effect of Cosmic ... This particular test methodology is especially useful for predicting the SER (soft error rate) in known space environments but ...
Rheumatoid factor
... syphilis and other chronic bacterial infections Visceral leishmaniasis Malaria and other parasitic infections Cancer The test ... The sensitivity of RF for established rheumatoid arthritis is only 60-70% with a specificity of 78%. Rheumatoid factor is part ... RF is tested by collecting blood in a plain tube (5 mL is often enough). The serum is tested for the presence of RF. There are ... It is still referred to as the Waaler-Rose test. Falkenburg, W.J.J. (November 2015). "IgG Subclass Specificity Discriminates ...
Taenia solium
The assays for these tests have both a high sensitivity and specificity. A 2018 study of two commercially available kits showed ... Parasitic helminths of humans, Parasitic animals of mammals, Animals described in 1758, Neurological disorders, Swine diseases ... A 2020 study in Ag-ELISA test on Taenia solium cystercicosis in infected pigs and showed 82.7% sensitivity and 86.3% ... Stool tests commonly include microbiology testing - the microscopic examination of stools after concentration aims to determine ...
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
Serological tests and the leishmanin skin test are of limited value.[citation needed] Treatment is always needed in Indian PKDL ... Diagnosis is mainly clinical, but parasites can be seen by microscopy in smears with limited sensitivity. PCR and monoclonal ... All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2021, Parasitic infestations, stings, and ...
Ehrlichia ewingii
The name was proposed to be Ehrlichia ewingii, named after S.A. Ewing who initially identified the parasitic organism. This ... It has recently[when?] been associated with human infection, and can be detected via PCR serological testing. The name ... sensitivity to mechanical stress, changes in osmolarity, and thawing. All Ehrlichia sp. are gram-negative and spherical with a ... however further Ehrlichia ewingii research could allow better diagnostic tests to identify ehrlichial infections before they ...