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S Castriciano

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Benerini Gatta L, Cadei M, Balzarini P, Castriciano S, Paroni R, Verzeletti A, et al.
Eur J Histochem . 2012 Jun; 56(2):e12. PMID: 22688293
Fixation is a critical step in the preparation of tissues for histopathology. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different fixatives vs formalin on proteins and...
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Krech T, Castriciano S, Jang D, Smieja M, Enders G, Chernesky M
J Virol Methods . 2009 Aug; 162(1-2):291-3. PMID: 19703493
A dual collection device containing flocked and wrapped rayon swabs was used to collect vaginal and cervical samples from 494 women. The swabs were separated into individual tubes and sent...
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Castriciano S, Luinstra K, Jang D, Patel J, Mahony J, Kapala J, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2002 Jun; 40(7):2632-4. PMID: 12089293
Nucleic acid amplification assays such as the ligase chain reaction and PCR have encountered reproducibility problems. The initial extract and a newly extracted aliquot of urine specimens (n = 120)...
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Chernesky M, Jang D, Sellors J, Luinstra K, Chong S, Castriciano S, et al.
Mol Cell Probes . 1997 Aug; 11(4):243-9. PMID: 9281409
In a comparison of commercial ligase chain reaction (LCR; Abbott) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR; Roche) assays, measuring plasmid genes of Chlamydia trachomatis, some specimens were found to be negative...
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Galli R, Castriciano S, Fearon M, Major C, Choi K, Mahony J, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 1996 Apr; 34(4):999-1002. PMID: 8815130
We investigated the performance of a double-antigen sandwich recombinant enzyme immunoassay (EIA; Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill.) and compared it with that of a synthetic-peptide-based EIA (Biochem Immunosystems, Montreal, Quebec,...
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Chernesky M, Jang D, Sellors J, Castriciano S, Pickard L, Luinstra K, et al.
Sex Transm Dis . 1993 Nov; 20(6):301-6. PMID: 8108751
Background And Objectives: Chlamydia trachomatis antigen testing of clinical specimens is replacing culture as the test of choice. Because of a potential for false positive results in low prevalence populations,...
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Chernesky M, ONeill D, Pickard L, Castriciano S, Kraftcheck D, Sellors J, et al.
Clin Diagn Virol . 1993 Jul; 1(2):129-36. PMID: 15566726
The objective was to examine the antibody responses to influenza immunization in an elderly population and the effect of prophylactic acetaminophen on adverse responses due to inactivated whole virus vaccine...
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Chernesky M, Crawford J, Castriciano S, Mahony J
J Virol Methods . 1991 Oct; 34(3):291-6. PMID: 1744219
The traditional approach to the diagnosis of viral hepatitis has been to collect a serum sample and to test it for the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), IgM...
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Chernesky M, Blajchman M, Castriciano S, Basbaum J, Spiak C, Mahony J
J Med Virol . 1991 Sep; 35(1):50-4. PMID: 1940883
During the 12 years from January, 1977, to December, 1988, the Hamilton Centre of the Canadian Red Cross Society (CRCS) Blood Transfusion Service screened 98,712 pregnant patients for hepatitis B...
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Sellors J, Mahony J, Jang D, Pickard L, Castriciano S, Landis S, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 1991 Feb; 29(2):407-9. PMID: 2007651
First-void urine (FVU) sediments of 240 men were tested for Chlamydia trachomatis antigens by two enzyme immunoassays, TestPack Chlamydia (15 min) and Chlamydiazyme (3.5 h), and the results were compared...