Serological epidemiology analysis of Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnant women in Diwaniyah, Iraq by Mohsen Abdul Khadhur Al-Zubaidi, Seyed Masoud Hosseini, Mohsen Abdul Nemah Al-Roudhan, Maather Baqer Hussein Al-Harmooshee

“…All samples were monitored for both IgG and IgM antibodies against HCMV using rapid test and ELISA. …”
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Epidemiological Survey of Toxoplasmosis among Aborted Women in Garmian district, Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Salar Ibrahim Ali

“…The study showed that (112) cases out of 250 were seropositive for Toxoplasma gondii by using LAT, (65) cases for IgG and (50) cases for IgM by using ELISA. In the abortion group, it showed (87) cases out of 150 were seropositive by using LAT, (51) cases for IgG and (40) cases for IgM (26.6%), whereas in normal birth group (control), it showed (25) case out of 100 were seropositive by using LAT, (14) case for IgG and (10) case for IgM by using ELISA. …”
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Emergence of Hepatitis B Virus Genotype F in Aligarh Region of North India by Hiba Sami, Meher Rizvi, Mohd Azam, Rathindra M. Mukherjee, Indu Shukla, M. R. Ajmal, Abida Malik

“…HBsAg, HBeAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBe, and anti-HBc-IgM were assessed. HBV genotyping was performed using Kirschberg's type specific primers (TSP-PCR), heminested PCR, and Naito's monoplex PCR. …”
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Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in HIV Coinfected Individuals in Eastern India with Risk Factor Analysis by Soumyabrata Nag, Soma Sarkar, Debprasad Chattopadhyay, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Rahul Biswas, Manideepa SenGupta

“…The overall seroprevalence of HSV-1 IgM was too low (<5%), whereas it was too high (about 90%) with HSV-1 IgG in all three study groups.…”
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Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia: A Report of Two Cases, One with Severe Retinopathy and One with Renal Failure by Naoko Kudo, Masakatsu Usui, Yukiharu Nakabo, Ken-ichi Yoshida, Kenji Miki, Takashi Osafune, Keisuke Nishimura, Shinsaku Imashuku

“…In both cases, the serum IgM levels exceeded 3,000 mg/dL and monoclonal IgM-kappa was observed in the blood. …”
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Study on Seroprevalence and Leptospiral Antibody Distribution Among Livestock Breeders and Farmers in Golestan Province by Malihe Naderi, Vahideh Hamidi Sofiani, Reza Hoseinpour, Amir Mohammad Alborzi, Seyed Amir Soltani

“…According to the results obtained from the study and investigation of blood serum IgM‐and Immunoglobulin G (IgG) in people suspected of leptospirosis, 3 cases of the patients had IgM higher than 11 and were known to be positive for leptospirosis. …”
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Precolostral antibody reactivity against Histophilus somni conserved proteins and Escherichia coli whole cells in stillborn and live calves by Rafał Baran, Joanna Bajzert, Tadeusz Stefaniak, Paulina Jawor

“…In ELISA, the greatest variation in the results was observed for IgM class reactivity with selected proteins and the E. coli strain. …”
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Immunological efficiency of Haemophilus influenzae type b polyribosyl ribitol phosphate combined with detoxified lipooligosaccharide in a rabbit model by Amin Arsang, Seyed Davar Siadat, Masoumeh Saberpour, Farshad Nojoomi

“…PRP-dLOS combine led to a significant increase in IgG and IgM levels on days 14 and 28 post-immunization. …”
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Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in the Czech Republic by Roman Chlibek, Jan Smetana, Kateřina Kybicová, Martina Malikova, Frederick J. Angulo, Alexandra Loew-Baselli, Ye Tan, Aleš Ondřejíček, Gordon Brestrich, Andreas Pilz, Jennifer C. Moïsi, James H. Stark

“…The prevalence (with 95 % confidence interval) of anti-Bbsl IgG, and IgM and/or IgG (IgM/IgG) antibodies was 6.3 % (5.3 −7.5 %), and 9.5 % (8.3 −10.9 %), respectively. …”
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A Diagnostic Dilemma: Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia/Plasma Cell Leukemia by Bhawna Sethi, K. S. Butola, Yogesh Kumar

“…Waldenström's macroglobulinemia is a B-cell neoplasm characterized by infiltration of the bone marrow by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate and an IgM monoclonal gammopathy. It is an uncommon disease with overall incidence of approximately 3 per million persons per year, accounting for approximately 1% to 2% of all hematologic cancers. …”
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Anti-Myxovirus Resistance Protein-1 Immunoglobulin A Autoantibody in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Toru Arai, Masaki Hirose, Yoshimasa Hamano, Tomoko Kagawa, Akihiro Murakami, Hiroshi Kida, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Yoshikazu Inoue

“…Neither the anti-MX1 IgG autoantibody nor the IgM autoantibody could predict survival after these adjustments. …”
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Burden of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness attending tertiary care hospital in Chitwan, Nepal by Sangita Thapa, Pradip Hamal, Navin Kumar Chaudhary, Lokendra Bahadur Sapkota, Jaya Prasad Singh

“…Weil-Felix test positive were 397 (22.1%) and IgM ELISA positive were 524 (29.2%). The correlation between IgM ELISA and Weil-Felix test showed statistically significant association (r=0.319, p&lt;0.001).Conclusion High prevalence of scrub typhus implies that patients with acute febrile illness should be investigated for scrub typhus with high priority. …”
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Antibodies to Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria in Young Children with Different Propensity to Develop Islet Autoimmunity by Ija Talja, Anna-Liisa Kubo, Riitta Veijola, Mikael Knip, Olli Simell, Jorma Ilonen, Mari Vähä-Mäkilä, Epp Sepp, Marika Mikelsaar, Meeme Utt, Raivo Uibo

“…B. adolescentis strains showed more IgM type antibodies in children who developed T1D later in life, but the difference was not statistically significant. …”
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Determine the Level of IL-17 in People Recovering from Viral Infections of the Respiratory System by Zahraa Khalid Al-Kheroo, Khalid N. Al-Kheroo, Mahmood Abd Al Jabbar Al-Tobje

“…While the IgG level was higher in the first age group (20-40 years), the levels of both IgM and IL-17 were higher in older ages (41-60 years). …”
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Enhancing surveillance for dengue fever in Oyo State, Nigeria – a one health approach by Olawale Sunday Animasaun, Joseph Ojonugwa Shaibu, Busayo Kayode Akomolafe, Olamide Priscilla Animasaun, Piring’ar Mercy Niyang, Olukemi Titilope Olugbade, Akinfemi Oyewumi Akinyode, Ibukun Akinsola Omisakin, Adedapo Olufemi Adeogun, Rosemary Ajuma Audu

“…A one-step lateral flow immunoassay cassette test kit detected DENV-specific IgM and IgG in humans. DENV IgM-positive participants were screened for Lassa Virus (LASV) to rule out coinfection due to an outbreak of Lassa fever. …”
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The effect of bovine colostrum usage on serum immunoglobulins and protein levels in basketball players by Ali Kıvrak, Gurkan Ucar

“…The sportsmen's blood samples were taken for the research three times (at 0th, 30th and 60th days), the serum immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA, IgM, IgE) and the proteins (Albumin, Globulin, Total Protein) were analyzed using standard methods. …”
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Utility of Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Light Chain Amyloidosis Caused by Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma (Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia) by Maroun Bou Zerdan, Jason Valent, Maria Julia Diacovo, Karl Theil, Chakra P. Chaulagain

“…Of the variety of immunoglobulin related amyloidosis (AL), immunoglobulin M (IgM) related AL represents only 6 to 10% of affected patients, and the majority of these cases are associated with underlying non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma including Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM). …”
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Toll-Like Receptor Homolog CD180 Expression Is Diminished on Natural Autoantibody-Producing B Cells of Patients with Autoimmune CNS Disorders by Zsófia Hayden, Szabina Erdő-Bonyár, Beáta Bóné, Noémi Balázs, Kornélia Bodó, Zsolt Illes, Timea Berki, Diána Simon

“…Furthermore, the anti-CS IgM natural autoantibody serum level was lower in both NMOSD and MS. …”
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Anti-phenolic glycolipid antibodies in Mycobacterium bovis infected cattle by Zijie Zhou, Anouk van Hooij, J. Hessel M. van Dijk, Nina Musch, Louise Pierneef, Hamza Khalid, Kees Franken, Thomas Holder, Neil Watt, Anita L. Michel, Jeroen D.C. Codée, Martin Vordermeier, Paul L.A.M. Corstjens, Elisabeth M.D.L. van der Heijden, Jayne C. Hope, Annemieke Geluk

“…Our results show that serum levels of anti-M. bovis PGL IgG and -IgM in M. bovis-infected cattle were significantly higher than in the SICCT-negative cattle. …”
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Development of Multiple Myeloma of the IgA Type in a Patient with Cold Agglutinin Disease: Transformation or Coincidence? by Øystein Sefland, Ulla Randen, Sigbjørn Berentsen

“…Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is an autoimmune hemolytic anemia and a distinct, clonal bone marrow lymphoproliferative disorder, characterized in most cases by a monoclonal IgMκ serum protein. We describe a CAD patient presenting with a monoclonal immunoglobulin of the IgAλ class. …”
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