SEROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF CERTAIN HUMAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT DISEASES Edited by Moslih Al-Moslih Serological Diagnosis of Certain Human, Animal and Plant Diseases Edited by Moslih Al-Moslih Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. 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Publishing Process Manager Iva Simcic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published March, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Serological Diagnosis of Certain Human, Animal and Plant Diseases, Edited by Moslih Al-Moslih p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0370-7 Contents Preface IX Part 1 Serological Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases 1 Chapter 1 Helicobacter pylori Infection and Undiagnosed Dyspepsia in Dyspeptic Populations Under 45 of Age Tested by ELISA, Urease Breath Test and Helicotest 3 Małgorzata Palka Chapter 2 Comparison of Detection Methods for Mycoplasmas of Significance to the Poultry Industry 19 R. Jarquin and I. Hanning Part 2 Serological Diagnosis of Viral Diseases 27 Chapter 3 Diagnostic Methods of Viral Exanthemas in Children 29 Klara Martinaskova and Vanda Valentova Chapter 4 Serodiagnosis of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus 37 Muhammad Munir, Muhammad Abubakar, Siamak Zohari and Mikael Berg Chapter 5 Some Selected Serological Diagnostic Techniques in Plant Virology 59 A. A. Fajinmi Chapter 6 Serology Applied to Plant Virology 71 J. Albersio A. Lima, Aline Kelly Q. Nascimento, Paula Radaelli and Dan E. Purcifull Part 3 Serological Diagnosis of Parasitological Diseases 95 Chapter 7 Immunodiagnosis of Human Toxocariasis 97 William H. Roldán and Guita Rubinsky-Elefant VI Contents Chapter 8 Recent Advances in the Immunology and Serological Diagnosis of Echinococcosis 113 Wenbao Zhang, Jun Li, Renyong Lin, Hao Wen and Donald P. McManus Part 4 Serological Diagnosis of Autoimmune Disease 151 Chapter 9 Specific Coeliac Disease Antibodies and Microenteropathy 153 Mohammad Rostami Nejad and Mohammad Reza Zali Preface In this book we have the great privilege to coordinate a special overview of the laboratory diagnoses of certain infectious disease agents. The chapters have been written by some of the gifted scientists who are experts in this field. The book deals with some of the aspects of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and protozoa as well as autoimmune disease. Microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, and immunologistall contributed to this volume. Indeed, our main goal was to cover a broad range of the characteristics of the infectious diseases caused by different microorganisms and to provide current, state-of-the-art guidelines on serological laboratory diagnosis. In the last part of this volume, an autoimmune disease is addressed in the form of a diagnostic method. We sincerely hope that this book will be of help and interest to all infectious disease specialists and healthcare providers involved in the diagnosis and care of patients as well as plants. Moslih Al-Moslih Adjunct Professor, Infectious Disease Section, Dept of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, USA . SEROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF CERTAIN HUMAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT DISEASES Edited by Moslih Al-Moslih Serological Diagnosis of Certain Human, Animal and Plant Diseases. approximately 90% of subjects in all symptoms groups if not diagnosed and treated. Serological Diagnosis of Certain Human, Animal and Plant Diseases 8 Fig. 3. Fluctuation of gastrointestinal. Table 3. Diagnostic modalities of H. pylori infection Serological Diagnosis of Certain Human, Animal and Plant Diseases 6 1.2 Functional dyspepsia The detection of current H. pylori infection