Brucellosis 2003 proceedings - PHIDIAS

Scientific Program - Poster Session I
(from 9:15 am Monday 15 to 11:00 am Tuesday 16)
39- DIAGNOSTIC USEFULNESS OF Omp31 FROM B. melitensis IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL
BRUCELLOSIS.
J. Cassataro 1 , K. Pasquevich, L. Bruno 1 , J.C. Wallach 2,3 , C. A Fossati 2 , and P.C. Baldi 2 . (1) Laboratorio de Inmunogenética,
Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2) Servicio de Brucelosis, Hospital F.J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires,
Argentina. (3) IDEHU, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
40- LACTOBACILLI ANTAGONISM TO Brucella.
N. Gavrilova 1 , T. Grushina 2 , I. Ratnikova 1 . (1) Institute of Microbiology and Virology under the Ministry of Education and Science
of the Republic of Kazakhstan. (2) M. Aikimbayev's Kazakh Scientific Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases,
Kazakhstan.
41- RAPID DETECTION OF Brucella sp. DNA FROM HUMAN BLOOD SAMPLES USING REAL
TIME PCR TECHNOLOGY.
C. Debeaumont, I. Pelloux, C. Recule, J. Croizé, M. Maurin. Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Cenre Hospitalier Universitaire de
Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
42- DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID AND SPECIFIC REAL TIME PCR ASSAY AND ITS VALIDATION
FOR THE DETECTION OF HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS.
M.I. Queipo-Ortuño 1 , G. Baeza 1 , J.D. Colmenero 1 , and P. Morata 2 . (1) Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga,
Spain. (2) Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
43- REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY FOR FIELD DIAGNOSIS OF Brucella abortus IN WILDLIFE
POPULATIONS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
D.T. Newby and F.F. Roberto. Biotechnology Department, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho
Falls, Idaho, USA 83415-2203.
44- DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF GENUS-SPECIFIC PCR FOR DIAGNOSIS OF Brucella
INFECTION IN ANIMALS.
Jafar A. Qasem, Sabah Al-Momin, Salwa Al-Mouqati. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Food Resources Division,
Biotechnology Department. P.O.Box 24885, SAFAT, Kuwait 13109.
45- CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF 1.3 Kb RAPD FRAGMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
Brucella SPECIFIC PRIMERS.
Jafar Qasem, Sabah Al-Momin and Salwa Al-Mouqati. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P. O. Box 24885 SAFAT,
Shwayik City, Kuwait.
46- THE USE OF A COMBINATION OF RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASES IN IS711-
FINGERPRINTING FOR RESOLVING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN Brucella SPECIES.
Emma Young, John McGiven, Judy Stack and Alistair MacMillan. Department of Statutory and Exotic Bacteria, Veterinary
Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, UK.
47- MOLECULAR TYPING OF Brucella STRAINS BY RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA
(RAPD).
Marius Necsulescu, Virgilia Popa, Monica Vanghele, Daniela Botus. Pasteur Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
48- BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF Brucella canis ISOLATED IN
KOREA.
Jongsam An 1 , Jongwan Kim 1 , Jaehak Kim 1 , Youngju Lee 1 , Jongman Kim 1 , Yiseok Joo 1 , Ryunbin Tak 2 . (1) National Veterinary
Research and Quarantine Service, Republic of Korea. (2) College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University,
Republic of Korea.
49- MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF FIELD STRAINS OF Brucella sp. ISOLATED IN
ITALY IN THE YEARS 2001-2003.
M. Ancora 1 , P. De Santis 1 , E. Di Giannatale 1 , T. Persiani 1 , A.P. MacMillan 2 and V. Caporale 1 . (1) Istituto Zooprofilattico
Sperimentale dell‚Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Italy. (2) Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
50- THE PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERISATION OF TWO RECOMBINANT PROTEINS, p18
AND bp26, FOR USE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMMUNOASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF
BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS IN SERUM SAMPLES.
L. Dunne 1 and R. O’Kennedy 1 . (1) School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland.
51- EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT CULTURE MEDIA FOR THE ISOLATION OF Brucella suis:
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT BASAL MEDIA AND SELECTIVE MEDIA.
A.C. Ferreira 1 , R. Cardoso 1 , D. Silva 1 , M. Silva Pereira 2 and M.I. Corrêa de Sá 1 . (1) Laboratório Nacional de Investigação
Veterinária, Lisboa, Portugal. (2) Estação Zootécnica Nacional -INIAP, Santarérm, Portugal.
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