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by Alfred S. Evans, Philip S. Brachman - 1998 - Medical - 888 pages

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2. Human leucocyte antigen and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.

Cited in J Assoc Physicians India 1991 Jul; 39(7)540-3.

M M Gupta

D Raghunath

S K Kher

A P Radhakrishnan

Department of Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.

HLA typing was done in 25 cases of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and compared with 60 healthy controls. There was a significantly increased frequency of HLA B-8, HLA B-12 and HLA DR-3 in IDDMO. The odds ratio (relative risk) of developing IDDM for HLA B-8 was 4.42 (p less than 0.10), for HLA B-12 was 3.56 (p less than 0.10) and for HLA DR3 9.75 (p less than 0.001). There was no correlation of HLA specificity with complications of diabetes.

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PMID: 1724775

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3. Amebiasis Newsletter

Editors: C. G. Clark, LSHTM, London, England, L. S. Diamond, NIH, Bethesda MD, USA,

M. Espinosa Cantellano, A. Martínez-Palomo, CINVESTAV-IPN, México DF

Nº 13, Spring 1997

Correspondence should be sent to:

Dr. C. Graham Clark, Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, England, G.B.

OR: Dra. Martha Espinosa Cantellano, Departamento de Patología Experimental, CINVESTAV- IPN, Aptdo. Postal 14-740, CP 07000 México D.F., México

4. XIII Seminar on Amebiasis

The XIII Seminar on Amebiasis was held January 29-31, 1997 in Mexico City with an unprecedented attendance from both national and international institutions. During the 3-day meeting, a tight schedule was kept and 58 oral and 71 poster presentations were made. Abstracts of all presentations can be found in a special issue of the Archives of Medical Research (volume 28, pages 1-329, 1997). The security services at El Colegio Nacional reported an attendance of over 500 people every day. Of these, a total of 377 registrations were filed: 121 from presenting authors, 71 from co-authors of papers presented at the meeting, and 185 from the general public. Most registrations corresponded to people living in Mexico City (249), followed by overseas participants (66), and by persons travelling from different states of Mexico (62). Congratulations to all for a fruitful meeting!

5. WHO/PAHO/UNESCO Consultation of Experts on Amoebiasis

On the 28th and 29th of January immediately prior to the XIII Seminar on Amebiasis a meeting sponsored by WHO, PAHO & UNESCO took place the purpose of which was to examine the recent evidence for the existence of two species within what had been called Entamoeba histolytica and to make recommendations based on their conclusions. Seventeen experts from around the world along with Dr. Lorenzo Savioli, representing the World Health Organization, and Dr. Gabriel Schmunis, representing the Pan American Health Organization, were in attendance. The resulting document, which was unanimously approved by all participants, will be published in a WHO Weekly Bulletin in the near future. Some of the results of the meeting are as follows:

The existence of the two species, E. histolytica and E. dispar, was recognized and the name E. histolytica should in future be used only in reference to the species capable of causing invasive disease (formerly known as `pathogenic E. histolytica'). When differentiation between the two species is not possible for technical reasons the infection should be reported as `E. histolytica/E. dispar'. The definition of amoebiasis is unchanged and refers to infection with E. histolytica (in the new sense) with or without clinical manifestations.

The participants also identified several priority areas for amebiasis research. These included improved methods for specific diagnosis of E. histolytica using technologies appropriate for developing countries, collection of accurate prevalence data, especially on asymptomatic E. histolytica infections, and molecular epidemiology studies. Recommendations for approaches to treatment were also made.

6. Recent Publications in Amebiasis

Abbas, Z., Ahmad, A. & Khan, A.H. (1997) Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) in amoebic liver abscess. J. Infect. 34: 79-81.

Agundis Mata, C., Blanco, F., Toledo, J., Reta, F., Kumate, J. & Isibasi, A. (1996) Identification of a 35 kDa glycoprotein from Entamoeba histolytica by sera from patients with amoebic liver abscess and with mouse monoclonal antibody. Immunol. Investig. 25: 519-529.

Alagón, A., Cortés, A., Olvera, F., Olvera, A., González, A. & Lizardi, P. (1996) [Impact of new methods on the study of parasites. II. Design and construction of vectors for stable transformation of Entamoeba histolytica. (in Spanish)]. Gac. Méd. Méx. 132: 476-482.

Anand, A.C., Reddy, P.S., Salprasad, G.S. & Kher, S.K. (1997) Does non-dysenteric intestinal amoebiasis exist? Lancet 349: 89-92.

English Title: HIV infection in the armed forces: our approach to counselling.

Personal Authors: Punia, H., Kher, S. K.

Author Affiliation: Medical Journal Armed Forces India, c/o Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411 040, India.

Editors: No editors

Document Title : Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 1993 (Vol. 49) (No. 2) 123-127

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