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Int J Med Microbiol ; 275(3): 403-11, Aug. 1991.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-15922

RESUMO

Four pathogenic strains of leptospires were isolated from the kidneys of toads (Bufo marinus) and seven from frogs (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei). Isolates from two toads and one frog belonged to serovar bim, the causative agent of most cases of severe leptospirosis on Barbados. The other eight strains belonged to a new serovar within the Australis serogroup. The name bajan is proposed for this new serovar of Leptospira interrogans. (AU)


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21003 , Bufo marinus/microbiologia , Leptospira interrogans/isolamento & purificação , Ranidae/microbiologia , Testes de Aglutinação , Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Barbados , DNA Bacteriano/análise , Rim/microbiologia , Leptospira interrogans/classificação , Leptospira interrogans/genética , Mapeamento por Restrição , Sorotipagem
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Blood ; 75(2): 428-33, Jan. 15, 1990.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-10028

RESUMO

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) proviral integration status was examined by Southern blot analysis in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) DNA from patients presenting a tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) and serological evidence of HTLV-I infection. Surface phenotype and morphological aspects of PBMC were also studied. A polyclonal HTLV-I proviral integration was found in the PBMC of the 10 patients studied irrespective of their geographical origin (French West Indies, French Guiana, and Africa), the duration of their clincal illness, or the HTLV-I antibody titer. Furthermore, by dilution experiments and hypothesizing that only one copy of HTLV-I proviral DNA is present in one call, we estimated that this HTLV-I integration is present in 3 percent to 15 percent of their PBMC. All 10 TSP/HTLV-I patients studied had an average of 10 percent of thier lymphocytes abnormal, presening either a misshapen nucleus or an adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma(ATL)-like feature. Moreover, an elevated CD4/CD8 ratio associated with the presence of activated T cells with a high level of DR expression was observed in most patients. The significant frequency of viral-positive PBMC and the important load of HTLV-I proviral DNA that we observed in TSP/HTLV-I patients might play an important role in the pathogenesis of this recently identified clinico-virological entity. (AU)


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Humanos , Vírus Linfotrópico T Tipo 1 Humano/genética , Leucócitos Mononucleares/microbiologia , Paraparesia Espástica Tropical/microbiologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais , Antígenos CD , Southern Blotting , Células Clonais , Sondas de DNA , DNA Viral/análise , Guiana Francesa , Anticorpos Antideltaretrovirus/análise , Côte d'Ivoire , Martinica , Mapeamento por Restrição , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/genética , Índias Ocidentais , República Democrática do Congo
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