ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 9, 2024
Levels of Interleukin -17, Interleukin-23 and Alkalinephosphatase in Patients Serum with Helicobacter pylori
Khalil Ismail Abid Mohammed, Ameen Abdul Hasan AL_Alwany, Saad Hasan Mohammed Ali, Wifaq M. Ali, Suha A. AL-Fakhar, Jinan M. Mousa
Page no 50-53 |
DOI: 10.36348/sjls.2024.v09i03.001
The study was carried out to detection of H.pylori in (218) patients who attended two teaching hospitals in Baghdad. The diagnosis was done by Immunochromatography methods. Stools and blood samples was taken from each patient as well as other (30) healthy control matching in age. The study included detection the Levels of Interleukin-17, Interleukin-23, and Alkaline phosphatase in sera of patients and healthy control. The result indicated presence of H pylori antigen in 115 cases 59 cases of males and 51 of females, Also, the result indicated increasing levels of IL-17 and IL-23 and Alkalinephosphatase in patients sera in comparison with healthy control.
REVIEW ARTICLE | March 14, 2024
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: A Systematic Review
Dr. Hiba Sabah Jasim, Dr. Maryam Kareem Ali
Page no 54-62 |
DOI: 10.36348/sjls.2024.v09i03.002
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is an predominatingly lethal viral contagion qualified in around thirty countries, and it has the roughly inclusive geographic allocation of the medically significant tick borne viral infections. Human become infected by tick bites, through pulverize infected ticks, next to contact with a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever pending the acute stage of infection, or through handle with tissues or blood from viremic kine. Clinical features mostly display a spectacular progression recognized by myalgia, fever and bleeding. The best method used for diagnosis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus by real time polymerase chain reaction.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 22, 2024
Evaluation of Fibronectin, C-Reactive Protein and Lipid Profile in Patients with COVID-19
Nagham I. Abdul Hameed, Zina A. A. Aldoori
Page no 63-70 |
DOI: 10.36348/sjls.2024.v09i03.003
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was the initial cause of the worldwide epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which started in March of 2020. Patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may have elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibronectin levels owing to the inflammatory response caused by the virus. Nonetheless, the available data imply that infection with COVID-19 affects lipid profile and leads to dyslipidemia. Seventy samples were collected from the Sanitary Isolation Unit of Medical City Hospital in Kirkuk Governorate for this study. Forty of them were taken from SARS-COV2 patients, whereas the other thirty were from healthy individuals. The ages of the two groups ranged between (30-65) years. When a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tested positive, patients had blood collected to check for other biochemical and inflammatory markers. Fibronectin, C-reactive protein, and d-dimer were some of the indicators checked. The patients' blood was also analyzed for lipids such as total cholesterol (T.C), triacylglyceride (TG), Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, and High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C). In this study, researchers discovered abnormally high concentrations of CRP, D-dimer, fibronectin, triglycerides, LDL-C, and VLDL. The patients also had considerably lower levels of T.C and HDL-C compared to the controls.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 29, 2024
Antagonistic Effect of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Nerium olender against Rhizoctonia solani
Ghofran A. Mousa, Adel H. Alwan
Page no 71-78 |
DOI: 10.36348/sjls.2024.v09i03.004
Objective: To investigate the population of endophytic fungi accompanying to Nerium olender plant. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on three different sites in two governorates for three consecutive months with five samples from each site. The identification of the fungi was carried out using microscopic and molecular methods while the isolation, identification of fungal pathogen and preparation of aqueous extract were also successfully done. Results: 14 species of fungi (Penicillium notatum, Rhizopus nigricans, Rhizopus stolonifera, Fusarium Solani, Fusarium oxysporum, Alternaria sp., Cladosporium sp .and Curvularia sp.), while the other sex species were identified by DNA investigation method and where (Aspergillus spp. (40%), Penicillium spp. (20%), Rhizopus spp. (12%), Fusarium spp. (10%), Alternaria sp. (4%), Mucor circinelloides (4%), Neurospora Crassa (3%), Cladosporium sp. (1%) and Curvularia sp. (1%). Conclusions: The highest percentage of inhibition was for fungi Aspergillus Flavus, Penicillium commune and Mucor circinelloides which amounted to 100% and from the third day of growth until the completion of the control dish, then Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus stolonifera, with a 90% on the seventh day of growth, and Penicillium commune, Rhizopus nigricans with a rate ranging between 82-68%, while the rest of the fungi showed an antagonistic effect, but with rates less than 50%.