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The percent of positive AFB smears and cultures was greater in samples of sputum followed by the samples of stool (Table 5).
Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats (2-3 months of age) were housed (four animals per cage) in isolation under controlled lighting conditions (14 h of light, 10 hr of darkness; lights on from 0500 to 1900 h) at 23°C and provided formulated rat chow and water ad libitum . Vaginal smears were taken daily, and rats exhibiting two or more consecutive 4-day estrous cycles were used.
The fact that a small proportion of children (6%) without P. falciparum parasites in thick smears were demonstrated to have detectable HRP-2 antigen does not reduce the value of the rapid test.
In all 11 cases showed positive reaction by rapid test for P. falciparum while blood smears were negative for malaria parasite.
As a control group for variations in T-cell markers in non-neoplastic T-cell populations, we used the flow cytometry results from 100 patients with MF or cutaneous atypical T-cell infiltrates whose PB smears did not show identifiable tumor cells, and 10 samples from control patients without any evidence of malignancy or chronic disease.