this report described sarcocystis-like merozoites in peripheral blood smear of a woman with mild fever, rigor and musculoskeletal pain. extracellular organisms with a pale blue cytoplasm and one or two nuclei were seen in her blood smear stained with giemsa. sarcocystis-like can be considered as a possible cause of some idiopathic febrile diseases.

background: considering the increasing rates of early hospital discharge and kernicterus in healthy full term newborns, timely identification of neonates at risk of severe hyperbilirubinemia is of great significance. the aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of umbilical cord serum (ucs) bilirubin level for subsequent hyperbilirubinemia. moreover, we compared the predictive ...

diazinon is commonly used for pest control in the agricultural fields surrounding freshwater reservoirs. this study was conducted to determine the chronic toxicity of organophosphorous pesticide and its effects on some hematological parameters and biochemical blood plasma profiles of common carp, cyprinus carpio. diazinon was applied at concentrations of 60 and 120î¼g/l preparations in 10, 20 a...

background: no comprehensive study has been conducted on risk factors of sexual dysfunction in women with diabetes mellitus. objectives: the aim of this study was to consider all possible influencing variables including hormonal, physical and, psychological status, socioeconomic status, and dietary intake to get more accurate and reliable results. patients and methods: sexual function was asses...

During 2020, COVID-19 or CoV2-SARS dominated the public and medical community's discourse, thus prompting a preponderance of COVID-driven research. Despite many resulting studies, few new insights emerged regarding blood components treatments, focus this chapter. The pandemic led to resurgence interest in convalescent plasma and, by extension, freeze-dried as treatment options for Coronavirus. ...

background: pulse wave velocity (pwv) is widely used for estimating the stiffness of an artery. v arious invasive and non-invasive methods have been developed to determine pwv over the years. in the present research , the non-invasive estimation of the pwv of large arteries was used as an index for arterial stiffness. methods: a dynamic model based on the navier-stokes equations coupled to elas...

background : this study was designed to investigate whether there was an association between abo blood groups and car­diovascular risk factors in healthy population. methods : in this cross-sectional study, risk factors screening for cardiovascular disease(cvd) on 5000 healthy persons of go­lestan province, northern iran, in 2005 was estimated by a questionnaire that included age, sex, physical...

visit-to-visit variability (vvv) in blood pressure (bp) creates challenges to hypertension control and was independent associated with increased all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients. the major goal of the present study was to investigate the association of vvv in systolic (s)bp with progression of carotid atherosclerosis and en-dothelial dysfunction in on-treated hypertensive patients.o...

the hepatitis g virus (hgv) is a newly discovered rna virus, which is associated with acute or chronic hepatitis. a survey was conducted in thalassemic patients, intravenous drug users (ivdu) and blood donors aiming to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis g virus (hgv) infection in these groups in tehran. the presence of hgv rna in these populations was determined using reverse transcriptase...