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Endaye Minbale Atlabachew Minaleshewa Mehari Bewketu Alemayehu Melkamu Mengistu Daniel Ayalew Kerisew Bizuayehu 《Biological trace element research》2020,195(2):669-678
Biological Trace Element Research - Characterization of coffee terroirs is important to determine authenticity and provide confidence for consumers to select the right product. In this regard,... 相似文献
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Emebet Adem Fitsumbirhan Tajebe Mulusew Getahun Amare Kiflie Ermias Diro Asrat Hailu Ziv Shkedy Bewketu Mengesha Tadele Mulaw Saba Atnafu Tekalign Deressa Biniam Mathewos Ebba Abate Manuel Modolell Markus Munder Ingrid Müller Yegnasew Takele Pascale Kropf 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2016,10(3)
One of the key immunological characteristics of active visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a profound immunosuppression and impaired production of Interferon-γ (IFN-γ). However, recent studies from Bihar in India showed using a whole blood assay, that whole blood cells have maintained the capacity to produce IFN-γ. Here we tested the hypothesis that a population of low-density granulocytes (LDG) might contribute to T cell responses hyporesponsiveness via the release of arginase. Our results show that this population is affected by the anticoagulant used to collect blood: the frequency of LDGs is significantly lower when the blood is collected with heparin as compared to EDTA; however, the anticoagulant does not impact on the levels of arginase released. Next, we assessed the capacity of whole blood cells from patients with active VL to produce IFN-γ and IL-10 in response to antigen-specific and polyclonal activation. Our results show that whole blood cells produce low or levels below detection limit of IFN-γ and IL-10, however, after successful treatment of VL patients, these cells gradually regain their capacity to produce IFN-γ, but not IL-10, in response to activation. These results suggest that in contrast to VL patients from Bihar, India, whole blood cells from VL patients from Gondar, Ethiopia, have lost their ability to produce IFN-γ during active VL and that active disease is not associated with sustained levels of IL-10 production following stimulation. 相似文献
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Ermias Diro Lutgarde Lynen Mahlet Assefa Yegnasew Takele Bewketu Mengesha Emebet Adem Rezika Mohammed Robert Kimutai Asrat Hailu Marleen Boelaert Johan van Griensven 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2015,9(5)
Background
Diagnostic guidelines for Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in the East African region are complex. Patients meeting the VL clinical case definition should be tested by rK39 rapid diagnostic test (RDT) followed by the Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) or tissue aspiration if RDT-negative. Otherwise, RDT-positive patients should be started on VL treatment. We evaluated how this guideline is adhered to by assessing the routine clinical practice in a university hospital in North-West Ethiopia.Methods
Retrospective record analysis was done for all patients who had an rK39-RDT done at University of Gondar (UoG) Hospital between June 2012 and June 2013. We described the diagnostic work-up performed and the proportion initiated on VL treatment by test result.Results/Findings
From a total of 928 patients tested, 308 (33.2%) were rK39 RDT-positive. Spleen or bone marrow aspiration was done for 237 (77.2%) RDT-positive patients. Of these, 165 were confirmed parasitologically, yielding a positive predictive value of 69.6%. Only 126 (20.3%) of the 620 patients with a negative rK39 test underwent further testing by tissue aspiration, of which 22 (17.5%) were also parasitology positive. HIV test results were available for 570 (61.4%) patients and 36 (6.3%) were HIV-infected. Of the 187 parasitologically confirmed patients, 182 (97.3%) were started on VL treatment.Conclusions / Discussion
A negative rK39 test was often not followed by further testing and a positive rK39 test result was followed by tissue aspiration in three out of four cases. Further research is required to understand why the diagnostic work-up did not comply with the guidelines, including evaluating adherence to the VL clinical case definition and quality of rK39-RDT testing. 相似文献
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