ABSTRACT
20 pairs of sera from the National System of Seroepidemiological Surveillance of the triple viral vaccine received in the laboratory with febrile rash diagnosis were studied. By using the hemagglutination inhibition test, it was observed an abnormal answer of antibodies to both rubella and measles through a falling of the antibody titre in one or both diseases, or in one of them with seroconversion to the other one. With the aim of defining the existence of a possible polyclonal activation already described in literature, it was decided to study the antibody response to family Herpesviridae (HSV, EBV, CMV, VZV). 80% of answer to these viruses were found. The results are submitted and discussed.
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Antibodies, Viral/immunology , Herpesviridae Infections/immunology , Herpesviridae/immunology , Capsid/immunology , Child, Preschool , Cytomegalovirus/immunology , Exanthema/virology , Herpesvirus 3, Human/immunology , Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology , Humans , InfantABSTRACT
A study has been carried out to detect the frequency of atypical mycobacteria in ganglions belonging to two types of animals: bovine and swine. A total of 250 samples (150 cows and 100 pigs) were studied. The samples were decontaminated by the lauryl-sulfate technique, using two mycobacteria culture media: Löwenstein-Jensen and Coletsos base. 14 pig ganglion strains were isolated (8 M. avium; 3 M. gordonae; 2 M. fortuitum; 1 M. chelonei) and 13 from the cow samples (5 M. avium, 3 M. Kansasii; 2 M. gordonae; 2 M. fortuitum; 1 M. phlei). The most frequently isolated mycobacteria was M. avium (48.14% of total isolated strains). This study confirms the possible importance of these animals in the epidemiology of mycobacteriosis.
