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infections such as filariasis, schistosomiasis,
and amoebiasis can be associated with various joint
problems. Diseases such as tuberculosis, rheumatic fever,
leprosy, and brucellosis, although more common in the
tropics, continue to present with rheumatic features
in Western countries. Thus, with increasing world travel
and migration, there is a need for increasing awareness
and further study of tropical diseases and their rheumatic
manifestations
Adebajo, A. O. (1996). "Dengue arthritis [letter]."
Br.J.Rheumatol. 35: 909-910.
Adekolu John, E. O. and A. H. Fagbami
(1983). "Arthropod-borne virus antibodies in sera
of residents of Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria 1980."
Trans.R.Soc.Trop.Med.Hyg. 77: 149-151.
A survey for haemagglutination-inhibiting arthropod-borne
virus antibody was carried out in the Kainji Lake area
of Nigeria. Of 267 persons tested, 139 (52%) and 158
(59%) had alphavirus and flavivirus group HI antibody,
respectively. The prevalence of antibody to individual
virus antigen is as follows: Chikungunya, 45%; Semliki
Forest, 25%; Sindbis, 33%, Yellow fever, 31%, Dengue
type 2, 46%; and Zika 56%. The presence of high antibody
rates to Chikungunya, Dengue type 2 and Yellow fever
viruses is of public health significance. These viruses
have been identified as the most important arthropod-borne
viruses causing human infections in Nigeria.
Agrawal, D. K., P. Tandon, et al.
(1978). "Biochemical study of certain enzymes and
metabolites of the carbohydrate matabolism in the skeletal
muscle of the dengue virus-infected mice." J.Gen.Virol.
40: 399-408.
Almagro, D., I. Gonzalez, et al. (1984).
"[Hemostatic study in hemorrhagic dengue] Estudio
hemostatico en el dengue hemorragico." Rev.Cubana.Med.Trop.
36: 352-359.
Almagro Vazquez, D., I. Gonzalez Cabrera,
et al. (1983). "Platelet function in dengue hemorrhagic
fever." Acta Haematol. 70: 276-277.
Alonso, J. M., A. Risso, et al. (1987).
"[Prevalence of dengue in a risk area in Argentina
(letter)] Prevalencia de dengue en un area de riesgo
en la Argentina." Medicina (B.Aires) 47: 551.
Altemeier, W. A., III., F. K. Mundon,
et al. (1970). "Method of extracting viral hemagglutination-inhibiting
antibodies from the nonspecific inhibitors of serum."
Appl.Microbiol. 19(5): 785-790.
Various methods are used to remove nonspecific inhibitors
from sera before titering viral hemagglutination-inhibiting
antibodies. These methods have several undesirable features;
some are tedious and time-consuming, some remove antibody
along with nonspecific inhibitors, and diferrent techniques
are usually required to remove the nonspecific inhibitors
for different viruses. This communication describes
a single method that uses diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex
to extract the immunoglobulin G
 
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