ProposalsProposalshttp://dspace.hebron.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/72024-03-28T16:47:24Z2024-03-28T16:47:24ZSeroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Hebron district, PalestineAl Amleh SNijem KIhttp://dspace.hebron.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2492019-10-13T11:56:49Z2009-01-01T00:00:00ZSeroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Hebron district, Palestine
Al Amleh S; Nijem KI
To measure the prevalence of toxoplasmosis, we tested 204 pregnant women for IgG and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii using an enzyme-linked immunoassay. The study was conducted in Hebron district during the year 2005. The seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to T. gondii was 27.9% while IgM seroprevalence was 17.6%; the seroprevalence of T. gondii increased with age. More women from rural areas [36.8%] had IgG antibodies to T. gondii than urban women [21.4%]. Possible routes of infection were contaminated soil, drinking rainwater and eating raw vegetables rather than eating uncooked meat or contact with cats. The prevalence of previous abortion was 37.3%, with a slight [but not statistically significant] association with toxoplasmosis
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZBINDING PROPERTIES AND IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF A FATTY ACID–BINDING PROTEIN IN GIARDIA LAMBLIAHassan SM Thttp://dspace.hebron.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2482019-10-13T11:47:18Z2005-04-01T00:00:00ZBINDING PROPERTIES AND IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF A FATTY ACID–BINDING PROTEIN IN GIARDIA LAMBLIA
Hassan SM T
We describe here a fatty acid–binding protein (FABP) isolated and purified from the parasitic protozoon Giardia lamblia. The protein has a molecular mass of 8 kDa and an isoelectric point of 4.96. A Scatchard analysis of the data at equilibrium revealed a dissociation constant of 3.12 × 10−8 M when the labeled oleic acid was displaced by a 10-fold greater concentration of unlabeled oleic acid. Testosterone, sodium desoxycholate, taurocholate, metronidazol, and α-tocopherol, together with butyric, arachidonic, palmitic, retinoic, and glycocholic acids, were also bound to the protein. Assays with polyclonal antibodies revealed that the protein is located in the ventral disk and also appears in the dorsal membrane, the cytoplasm, and in the vicinity of the lipid vacuoles.
2005-04-01T00:00:00ZIsolation and purification of a fatty acid binding protein in GiardiaHasan, Shttp://dspace.hebron.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2472019-10-13T11:42:57Z2002-05-01T00:00:00ZIsolation and purification of a fatty acid binding protein in Giardia
Hasan, S
Abstract: For the first time, a protein capable of bonding to fatty acids has been purified and described in a parasitic protozoan.
This protein has a molecular weight of 8 to 10 kDa and an isoelectric point of 4.96. The Scatchard analysis of the equilibrium data
revealed a Kd affinity constant 3.12 x 10-8 M, when the labelled oleic acidwas displaced by unmarked oleic acid with a concentration
10-fold greater than that of marked.
2002-05-01T00:00:00ZHuman secretory immune response to fatty acid-binding protein fraction from Giardia lambliaHasan, SMThttp://dspace.hebron.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2462019-10-13T11:38:23Z2002-04-01T00:00:00ZHuman secretory immune response to fatty acid-binding protein fraction from Giardia lamblia
Hasan, SMT
The secretory immune response in humans infected with Giardia lamblia was studied by using saliva samples and an 8-kDa antigen capable of binding fatty acids. This antigen was not recognized by saliva samples from healthy individuals. The antigen may be useful in diagnostic studies of G. lamblia infection.
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