Norma McFarlane-Anderson

Seroprevalence of Anti-HIV Antibodies in Women with Abnormal Pap Smears in Jamaica

Angel A. Justiz Vaillant, Patience E. Bazuaye, Norma McFarlane-Anderson, Monica P. Smikle, Horace Fletcher, Patrick E. Akpaka & Chalapathi Rao · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are both sexually transmitted infections, which have impacted the prevalence of cervical dysplasia and cancer in women. Infections with one of these viruses can facilitate infection with the other. In Jamaica...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4538

Association between ABO Blood Type and Cervical Dysplasia/Carcinoma in Jamaican Women

Angel Justiz Vaillant, Patience Bazuaye, Norma McFarlane-Anderson, Monica P Smikle, Horace Fletcher & Patrick E. Akpaka · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death from cancer among women worldwide and is the most common female cancer in developing countries. In Jamaica, at 27.5 per 100, 000 it is second only to breast cancer as a cause of cancer death in women. Several studies have sugg...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4156

Use of Staphylococcal Protein-A and Streptococcal Protein-G for Detection of Red Blood Cells (RBC) Antibodies and Comparison with Other Techniques

Angel Alberto Justiz Vaillant, Patrick Eberechi Akpaka, Norma McFarlane-Anderson & Monica P. Smikle · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

Background: Detection of red blood cells antibodies is important for the diagnosis of autoimmune hemolytic anemia, hemolytic disease of newborn, pre-transfusion testing and other problems. The aim of this study was to use Staphylococcal protein A (SpA) and Streptococcal protein G...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3616