An automated method was adapted to measure the concentration of Na and K in plasma, nonhemolyzed whole blood, and hemolyzed whole blood, and thus allow the calculation of erythrocyte electrolyte con.centrations by a modified indirect method. The Na concentrations of nonhemolyzed whole blood and plasma were used to calculate the percent cell volume (hematocrit) of a blood sample. The percent cel...

background: human pathogens that can cause infertility may also affect sperm count and quality. viral infections can be considered as direct and/or indirect cause of male factor infertility. objective: our goal was to investigate the prevalence of herpes simplex virus in the semen of infertile men attending the avicenna infertility clinic, and to compare it with the herpes virus serology result...

human parvovirus b19 is a very common viral infection especially in school-aged children. the infection during pregnancy can affect the fetus due to lack of mother's immunity. although, there is still no evidence of fetal teratogenic effects with parvovirus b19, but non-immune fetal hydrops and abortion may be caused by vertical transmission of the virus during pregnancy. this study was aimed t...