Binding of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and/or complement to erythrocyte membranes. Complement binding may be secondary clustering of the membrane anion exchange protein, band 3. • Oxidative damage to erythrocytes. Macrophages degrade erythrocytes into reusable components, such as iron and amino acids, an...
Humans have an IgG immune response to six principal protein antigens.91,140,141,226,358,364,547,685 These six polypeptides have the following molecular masses: 170, 130, 90, 45, 35, and 30 kd. The 170-kd antigen is the P1 protein. This protein is localized at the surface of the ter...
By contrast, the ADI pathway was integrally identified in all the 7 non-fermentative avian mycoplasma strains belonging toM. gallinarum,M. columbinum, andM. meleagridisspecies (second energy metabolism group) (Additional file 6). This is consistent with the ability of these species to perform a...
By contrast, the ADI pathway was integrally identified in all the 7 non-fermentative avian mycoplasma strains belonging toM. gallinarum,M. columbinum, andM. meleagridisspecies (second energy metabolism group) (Additional file 6). This is consistent with the ability of these species to perform a...
It is important to note that all patients included in this study underwent two serological tests for Mycoplasma IgM/IgG during their hospitalization (with a minimum interval of 48 h between the two tests) to reduce selection bias among patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae [20]. Multiplex-PCR The ...
The serological assay is the most commonly used method for detectingM. pneumoniaeinfection. A fourfold increase in IgG titer in acute and convalescent sera is considered a diagnostic criterion of acuteM. pneumoniaerespiratory infection, while an initial IgM antibody detection titer greater than or equa...
ovis) are nonmotile, non-spore-forming, aerobic, short and curved, gram-positive coccobacilli. Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) is such a common, chronic contagious disease of sheep and goats that any presentation of abscessing and draining lymph nodes should be presumed to be this disease until ...
suum IgG is more sensitive and probably provides a more realistic assessment of the prevalence than fecal examination for oocysts (Roepstorff, 1998). Treatment. Ascaris suum is susceptible to numerous anthelmintics, including avermectins (doramectin (Logan et al., 1996; Stewart et al., 1996; ...
Then M. pneumoniae sera, including 80 positive sera and 36 negative sera, were added and incubated 45 min at 37 °C followed by incubating 30 min with the HRP-conjugated goat anti-human IgG antibody. The area under the curve, standard error and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and p ...
FIG. 4. PCV-2 neutralizing antibody titers in serum of vaccinated pigs as measure by ELISA. ELISA was performed using the INGEZIM CIRCO IgG ELISA kit, following manufacturer's recommendations (Professional Veterinary Service, Inc.). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION ...