ABSTRACT: Enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) is an infectious disease of cosmopolitan distribution and chronic character caused by a virus of the Retroviridae family, bovine leukemia virus (BLV). The epid
Note: *:ELISA titer ≥1∶500 **:Number of participants in individual group ***:Geometric mean titers (GMTs) are calculated by exponentiating the mean of the log-transformed values.
BACKGROUND Chagas disease, resulting from Trypanosoma cruzi infections, continues to be a health concern mainly in Latin American countries where the parasite is endemic. The laboratory diagnosis of a
Footnotes: TB: tuberculosis; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; n/N = number of positive tests/number of tested sera in each group; TST: tuberculin skin test (cut-off 5 mm); Cut-off value for PGL-Tb1: