The so-called "Oroya fever" is an extremely severe infectious disease, yet it is classified among the so-called neglected ...

The so-called "Oroya fever" is an extremely severe infectious disease, yet it is classified among the so-called neglected tropical diseases. This is ...

The bacterial pathogen Bartonella bacilliformis causes in South America one of the most dangerous infectious diseases known: the so-called “Oroya fever.” Without antibiotic treatment, 90 percent of ...

Abstract: Abnormal erythrocytes have diverse shapes. The appearance of specific erythrocyte shapes in a person's blood can indicate certain diseases, including thalassemia. We used thalassemia ...

Abstract: Erythrocytes (red blood cells, RBCs), the most common type of blood cells in humans are well known for their ability in transporting oxygen to the whole body through hemoglobin. Alterations ...

We express our thanks to Dr. Kylie Easton, who conducted certain experiments, Dr. Silva Seraceni, who assisted with the collection of blood samples, and to the Canberra Branch of the Australian Red ...

1 School of Medicine, ShaoXing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China 2 Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China Once considered passive carriers of ...