Anaemia has been reported to be the key feature of trypanosomiasis and is used as primary indicator when treat infection. Therefore, this study was designed evaluate anti-anaemic potential hydro-ethanolic extract Waltheria indica in albino rats with parasitaemia – induced anaemia. Three groups 6 each were challenged Trypanosoma brucei induce anaemia treated 300mg/kg bw orally for 5 days, 3.5mg/...

Rittu Surjit Chandel*, Gangadhar Chatterjee, Leela G Abichandani Department of Biochemistry, Grant Govt. Medical College & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals. Mumbai. Maharashtra. Background: Thyroid hormones play an important physiological role to maintain balance of metabolism of entire human body. Erythrocyte abnormalities are frequently associated with thyroid disorder. Subclinical hypothyroidism, o...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine if there are differences in common red blood cell (RBC) indices and platelet concentrations during pregnancy and to establish if any observed differences in these parameters were based on the patient's ethnicity. METHODS From an electronic perinatal database which stores laboratory and clinical information on a large number of births at ...

Background: Copper is a trace element vital to life, but the toxic effect of water pollution with it on fish is now exhibited. Fish blood is susceptible to contaminationinduced stress and its alternation due to the hematological and immunological parameters can be utilized as toxicity indices of xenobiotics. Methods: In this study, juvenile species of silver carp with average weight of 200gr we...

lead has been recognized as an environmental pollutant of cancer for humans for livings for years. the lead concentration in biological cycles seems to depend on several factors, such as soil properties, plants species, and water properties as well as other factors. the objective of this study was to assess the rate of mobility and determine its effect on blood indices around the feyz abad – le...

BACKGROUND: The immunostimulating effect of Aloe vera in mammals has been documented, but few works were done on effect of A. vera on fish health and immune responses. OBJECTIVES: In this study the effect of oral administration of A. vera on growth indices, hematological parameters and immune responses of rainbow trout were investigated. METHODS: One thousand five hundred rainbow trout fingerli...

Forty-eight patients were subdivided according to C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, resulting in 19 patients with normal (2.8 ± 2.8 mg/L) and 29 with elevated (82.2 ± 76.2 mg/L) CRP levels. The elevated CRP group had iron and red blood cell (RBC) profiles characteristic of chronic immune stimulation (CIS), and the normal CRP group, profiles of true iron deficiency. Normal relationships between s...

Objective: To compare the validity of a new index (Hb×RDW×100/ (RBC)2×MCHC) with twelve discriminating functions (DFs) to differentiate iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and beta-thalassemia trait(ß –TT). Methodology: A total of 823 patients (317 IDA and 506 ß –TT) aged 15 to 35yearold were enrolled in this study. The diagnostic sensitivity, specificity and other validity parameters were calculated ...