Sentences with phrase «other body fluids including»

PCR means the Polymerase Chain Reaction HIV test, which tests for copies of HIV in blood and other body fluids including breastmilk.

HIV is detectable at very low levels in other body fluids including saliva, tears, bronchial secretions and urine.

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In fact, it is the most abundant mineral in our bodies, with over 99 per cent stored in our bones and teeth and the rest stored in other parts of the body, including muscles, blood and the fluid in between cells, where it acts as a «messenger» for the central nervous system.

They also carried out controlled experiments with new bath toys, under conditions simulating household use: over a period of 11 weeks, some of the toys were exposed to clean and others to dirty bath water (including constituents such as soap, human body fluids and bacteria).

«It could also be transferred for use in diagnosing other infectious diseases, including using other body fluid samples.»

Exosomes and other extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small membrane vesicles containing protein, messenger RNA, microRNA, DNA, and lipids, which are secreted by various cells and are stable in body fluids including blood, saliva, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and breast milk.

Potassium's main functions in the body includes regulating fluid balance and controlling activity of the heart and other muscles.

Other Fiesta problems include drivetrain fluid leaks, faulty throttle bodies, fast - wearing clutches and loose weatherstripping.

In patients with normal kidney function, oliguria can indicate dehydration, and the small amount of urine produced will likely be concentrated (urine specific gravity [USG] > 1.030).5 Other laboratory parameters that change with dehydration include packed cell volume and total protein (PCV / TP) levels, which demonstrate hemoconcentration (high PCV) and hyperproteinemia (high TP) in dehydrated patients5 due to the loss of the fluid portion of the blood as the body tries to maintain fluid balance and homeostasis.

VSPs are guidelines designed to minimize the risk of zoonotic infections from recognized and unrecognized sources and should be used whenever personnel may be exposed to potentially infectious materials, including feces, blood, body fluids, and exudates, or when skin is not intact.3 VSPs include strategies to reduce the potential for bites and other traumas that may result in exposure to zoonotic pathogens.

This is a serious condition whereby the heart becomes unable to properly pump blood to the rest of the body, resulting in fluid retention in the lungs and other areas of the body, including the abdomen and extremities.

Other factors include absence of pathologic fracture, less than 360 degree involvement of soft tissues and firm soft tissue mass versus an edematous (An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity) lesion.

The artist's charged visual language — rooted in an exploration of identity and geography, two concepts she considers fluid — includes figures with the head of a tiger and the body of a woman, or others whose faces are obscured by astronaut's helmets, as they float, untethered, in space.

She favors elemental mediums such as wood or metal and has experimented recently with other materials including glass, which has allowed her to conduct fluids between different vessels representing body parts, opening up even more metaphorical possibilities.