Blood-feeding parasites, including schistosomes, hookworms, and malaria parasites, employ aspartic proteases to make initial or early cleavages in ingested host hemoglobin. To better understand the substrate affinity of these aspartic proteases, sequences were aligned with and/or three-dimensional, molecular models were constructed of the cathepsin D-like aspartic proteases of schistosomes and ...

Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821 larvae were fed on mice and allowed to molt under laboratory conditions. A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based proteomic study was conducted to identify the type of mammalian proteins present in the derived nymphal ticks at different time intervals after molting. Albumin was present for 85 d; transferrin was present for 29 d; and, more importantly, h...

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare and correlate the analytical performance of D10 Hemoglobin Testing System based on Cation Exchange HPLC and Roche Hitachi 902 Immunoturbidimetric method. Subjects and Methods: A total of 110 patients of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus were included in the study. HbA1c was determined using D-10 Hemoglobin Testing system and Roche Hitachi 902 Analyze...

Sickle cell haemoglobin D disease (D-Punjab) is a rare variant of sickle (SCD) reported from central India. Exact incidence pulmonary thrombosis in patients with HbSD unknown. Pulmonary known complication SCD but case pattern. We 34-year-old male patient acute chest syndrome (ACS). CT angiogram revealed near complete right middle lobe segmental and subsegmental branches infarct. Our responded t...

Background and aims:The ongoing Covid pandemic has burdened the medical system, more so due to limited availability of ventilators. Our study aims at identifying role hematological markers in risk stratification need for ventilator support among ICU admitted COVID-19 patients. Methods: A single centre prospective was conducted on 100 positive patients determine association between haematologica...