Real-Time PCR for Measles Virus Detection on Clinical Specimens with Negative IgM Result in Morocco.

For control purposes, 49 paired blood and saliva samples collected from patients with diseases with rash not related to rubella infection (serum rubella IgM negative by the

TABLE 1 - Notiied rash illness episodes with positive serological tests for measles IgM antibodies in the absence of documented measles virus transmission, according to

The aim of the study was to investigate evidence of infection with Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia parkeri in negative sera samples, collected in 2014, from patients

The Executive Committee observed that progress has already been made towards the elimination goal but stressed that much still remains to be done if the goal is to

The rate of naturally infected sandflies in endemic areas and the correct identification of the infecting Leishmania in a determined phlebotomine species are of prime importance

The present work was carried out in sequential steps as follows: a) production of measles antigen virus and reagent kits; b) preparation of panels of measles positive and negative

Measles was laboratory confirmed in 07 patients by specific IgM detection in acute serum specimens using an IgM-capture EIA, by specific IgG seroconversion in serum pairs, and

tion and transmission of the measles virus in the post-elimination period in the Americas. An ecological-analytical study was conducted using data on the measles epidemic that