Prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis

W Foulon, A Naessens, D Ho-Yen - 2000 - degruyter.com
In utero infection with Toxoplasma gondii may result in congenital defects such as
hydrocephalus, chorioretinitis and mental retardation; these defects may be present at birth …

Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma and Borrelia burgdorferi infection in patients from the Highlands of Scotland

JR Goodlad, MM Davidson, K Hollowood… - The American journal …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Although a link beteen primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL) and Borrelia
burgdorferi infection has long been suspected, previous studies have not demonstrated a …

Simultaneous diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in goats and goatowner's family

LJ Skinner, AC Timperley, D Wightman… - … journal of infectious …, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
Four out of 6 goats from a small British goat herd gave birth to weak or stillborn kids. All were
seropositive for Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite was isolated from the tissues of one kid …

Comparison of mumps-IgM ELISAs in acute infection

CH Krause, PJ Molyneaux, DO Ho-Yen… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In Scotland there has been an outbreak of mumps with over 4000
confirmed cases in the last 2 years. As laboratory diagnosis is usually requested on patients …

Learning to cope with chronic illness. Efficacy of a multi-component treatment for people with chronic fatigue syndrome

EM Goudsmit, DO Ho-Yen, CP Dancey - Patient Education and Counseling, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of an out-patient, multi-
component programme developed for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) …

Local Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia afzelii strains in a single mixed antigen improves western blot sensitivity

S Mavin, R Evans, RM Milner, JMW Chatterton… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - jcp.bmj.com
Aims: This study evaluates the use of local Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia
afzelii strains in a single mixed antigen for in-house IgG western blots in the routine …

More specific bands in the IgG western blot in sera from Scottish patients with suspected Lyme borreliosis

R Evans, S Mavin, S McDonagh… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - jcp.bmj.com
Aims To identify further Western blot bands that may be specific in the diagnosis of Lyme
borreliosis. Methods The Borrelia burgdorferi antibody profiles of 270 western blot positive …

Audit of the laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease in Scotland

R Evans, S Mavin, DO Ho-Yen - Journal of medical …, 2005 - microbiologyresearch.org
An audit was performed on the laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease in Scotland. The
problem of a significant number of patients with clinical symptoms of Lyme disease being …

[BOOK][B] Diseases of infection: an illustrated textbook.

NR Grist, DO Ho-Yen, E Walker, GR Williams - 1987 - cabdirect.org
Probably the outstanding features of this book are the illustrations and the many figures and
tables. The former include pictures of head lice, smoke from cooling towers, the taking of …

Simultaneous serological screening for congenital cytomegalovirus and toxoplasma infection

AWL Joss, LJ Skinner, JMW Chatterton, SM Chisholm… - Public Health, 1988 - Elsevier
Sera from mother and baby matched by computer, were examined for evidence of infection
with toxoplasma and cytomegalovirus (CMV) in a serological screening programme, based …