Aim: COVID-19 is an epidemic communicable disease that has been declared as a pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Clinical studies have demonstrated advanced age and comorbid conditions enhance the severity of infection. The objective this study was to examine effects blood group types on risk infection, severity, mortality in patients.
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microscopy as “field based test” was compared with is900 blood pcr for the diagnosis and estimationof prevalence of mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (map) in domestic livestock withclinical johne’s disease (jd). of 252 animals screened, 39.3 and 13.1% were positive by faecal microscopyand blood pcr, respectively. proportional agreement between “microscopy” and blood pcr was subst...

Evidence has shown that liver disease caused by hepatitis viruses can be more aggressive and severe in HIV infected subjects. Therefore, the present cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence of HDV infection among HIV/HBV co-infected clients in Shiraz, southwest Iran. In this study, 178 patients co-infected with HBV and HIV individuals were enrolled. The diagnosis of HIV infect...

The genus Anaplasma is an obligated intracellular Rickettsia and among its species, Anaplasma phagocytophilum (A. phagocytophilum) is a zoonotic agent that infects host neutrophils. The aim of this study was molecular detection of A. phagocytophilum infection based on MSP4 gene in owned and stray dogs in Tehran, capital of Iran. One hundred and fifty blood sampl...

theileriosis is one of the erythrocyte and lymphocyte parasitic disease in cows which characterized by fever, jaundice, anemia and death. theileriosis due to theilaeria annulata is the results of an inflammatory response in animals body that directly related to pre-inflammatory parameters. the amounts of these parameters were investigated in 26 and 68 healthy and infected cows to theilaeria ann...

background blood transfusion is one of the many ways, through which toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii), a protozoan parasite, can be transmitted to humans. objectives this cross sectional study aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence of toxoplasma infection and related epidemiological features among healthy blood donors. materials and methods a total of 375 blood samples from donors were tested for spe...

background: blood donation safety is one of the basic goals of the organization of blood transfusion in the world. self-exclusion and failed options are additional screening tests to routine diagnostic tests which is performed to detect the transmitted infection through blood or blood products. the purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of these systems on the improvement of bloo...