healthy young adults
Conditions
Interventions
Blood examination for healthy people
Sponsors
Japan Agency for Medical Research and development
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Students whose written informed consent was obtained. Tokyo Kasei University: The fourth year-students of Registered Dietitian Major, Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Home Economics. Tokyo Medical and Dental University: Students of Faculty of Medicine (School of Medicine and School of Health Care Sciences) and Faculty of Dentistry) The target sample size is 300 and 100 in Tokyo Kasei University and Tokyo Medical and Dental University, respectively.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Students, who are suffering from or have history of EBV-positive neoplasms, will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will measure the titers of anti-VCA-IgG and anti-EBNA antibodies in the peripheral blood (whole blood) from healthy donors. Then, we will measure EBV-DNA load of the peripheral blood from the EBV sero-positive donors and determine the cut-off value of the healthy people. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will identify the bacterial flora of nasal discharge and saliva from the EBV sero-positive donors. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMIWAKO NISHIO
Tokyo Medical And Dental University Laboratory Molecular Genetics of Hematology
Outcome results
None listed