(n.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
Example Sentences:
(1) The simultaneous administration of the yellow fever vaccine did not influence the titre of agglutinins induced by the classic cholera vaccine.
(2) It could be demonstrated by radioimmune precipitation of virus labeled with[35S]methionine that all three polypeptides are specific for hog cholera virions.
(3) The phosphorylation pattern was affected by the addition of cholera toxin or GDP beta S to the isolated nuclei.
(4) Cholera toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation identified two forms of Gs alpha-subunits whose labelling was about 4-fold greater in membranes from diabetic animals compared with those from lean animals.
(5) The studies reported here examined physical interactions between V. cholerae O1 and natural plankton populations of a geographical region in Bangladesh where cholera is an endemic disease.
(6) Interestingly, different mechanisms of nucleated and non-nucleated TC directed lysis by CD4+ effectors were implied by distinct patterns of sensitivity to cholera toxin (CT) and cyclosporin A (CsA).
(7) The simultaneous expression of hemolytic and toxinogenic properties by the same V. cholerae strains is discussed.
(8) All these strains produced an enterotoxic principle, antigenically related to cholera coli family of enterotoxins, as detected by latex agglutination and immuno-dot-blot tests.
(9) The binding of radioidinated cholera toxin on its solidified antibody was inhibitable by unlabeled cholera toxin and cholera toxin antibody.
(10) A state of net secretory fluid flux was induced in isolated jejunal loops in weanling pigs by adding theophylline or cholera toxin to the lumen of the isolated loops.
(11) Cholera toxin reduced absorption of water and electrolytes progressively over four hours and induced secretion in a dose dependent fashion.
(12) The results of this study clearly demonstrated that an increase in cAMP levels via cholera toxin treatment causes enhanced growth (in vitro and in vivo) of estrogen-receptor-positive and -negative human breast carcinoma cells and, although estrogen alone was not mitogenic to the estrogen-receptor-positive breast carcinoma cells in vitro, the steroid was mitogenic to these cells in the presence of elevated cellular cAMP levels.
(13) Isolates from patients who failed to clear the organism from their stools or who had cholera soon after tetracycline prophylaxis had increased minimum inhibitory concentrations of the drug.
(14) In the present work by the method of molecular DNA hybridization there was shown a low degree of affinity of the standard museum strains of cholera vibrios to the respresentatives of the sea species V. parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus, and also halophilic vibrios identified earlier on the basis of phenotypical characteristics of the nucleotide DNA composition as Marinovibrio.
(15) Our data showed that V. cholerae 01 was the most frequently (40%) isolated enteropathogen during the epidemics.
(16) Nitrogen mustard (N2M) treatment of rabbits induced neutropenia, and, in ligated ileal loops, it inhibited fluid secretion induced by salmonella or by cholera toxin (CT).
(17) An oral glucose electrolyte solution is often used in place of intravenous therapy in diarrheal diseases caused by Vibrio cholerae, enterotoxigenic E. coli, and undiagnosed watery diarrheal diseases.
(18) IFN-beta induced more enhanced NK cytotoxicity of normal lymphocytes when frozen tumor target cells were cultured for 4-5 days in the medium, or when these cells were treated with Vibrio cholerae neuraminidase (VCN).
(19) V cholerae O1, biotype El Tor, serotype Inaba, was isolated from three city water samples.
(20) The gene clusters that determine the biosynthesis of both the Inaba and Ogawa serotypes of the O antigen of the lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli K-12.
Diarrhea
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Diarrhoea
Example Sentences:
(1) Estimates of potential for gastrointestinal side effects using the rat enteropooling assay and in vivo monkey effects indicate that diarrhea will be substantially reduced with retention of uterine stimulating potency.
(2) The results point out the importance of detecting specific virulence factors before incriminating water as a source of human diarrhea.
(3) Five control rabbits developed severe diarrhea within 72 h after inoculation with enterotoxigenic E. coli B16-4.
(4) Diarrhea and excretion of vibrios lasted longer in animals consuming less protein.
(5) However, this inhibition was not found in rats treated with castor oil for 3 d. Moreover, 5-HT concentration in the midbrain significantly decreased in rats that acquired the adaptability for the occurrence of diarrhea.
(6) Other toxicity was mild and included nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, mucositis, hepatic dysfunction, and cardiac arrhythmias.
(7) 1, diarrhea lowered the piglet's ability to maintain body temperature during the cold test.
(8) The dietary information on children with diarrhea came from focus groups with mothers in 3 marginal urban communities, 3 rural indigenous communities, and 4 rural Ladino communities.
(9) At the village level health care is provided at integrated service posts staffed by volunteers trained to treat common health problems with simple means such as treating diarrhea with oral rehydration.
(10) The geometric mean titers of anti-Shigella antibodies to virulence plasmid-associated antigens in milk received before infection were eightfold higher in infants who remained well than in those in whom diarrhea developed.
(11) Adverse reactions associated with ticlopidine included neutropenia (severe in one patient) with no clinical complications, diarrhea, or rash.
(12) Chronic rotavirus-related diarrhea, which persisted until death, had also developed in each child.
(13) Traditional dietary preparations for diarrhea such as carrot soup and products based on rice have essentially an absorbent power and do not diminish intestinal loss of water and electrolytes.
(14) Diarrhea commonly occurs following the administration of cisplatin.
(15) A 3-year-old Limousin cow was admitted to the University of Georgia Teaching Hospital with a history of chronic weight loss and diarrhea of more than 1 year's duration.
(16) He had no family history of myopathy, and no diarrhea and vomiting.
(17) Twelve days following discontinuation of the drug, the patient continued to experience diarrhea, restlessness, emotional lability, and anxiety.
(18) Cryptosporidium was eradicated from the stools of four patients but two of these patients subsequently relapsed and one patient continued to have diarrhea despite the absence of Cryptosporidium in the stool.
(19) The only identified risk factor in the development of diarrhea was increased age; clindamycin-associated diarrhea occurred in 18 (46%) of 39 patients greater than or equal to 60 years old.
(20) Other causes are malaria (21), undernutrition (12), meningitidis (10), diarrhea (9), pneumopathy (7), endogenous and obstetrical causes (24).