Japanese encephalitis (JE): Sign and Symptoms, Causes, Risk factors, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment and Prevention 4.9 (248)

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a severe viral disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Flavivirus genus in the Flaviviridae family transmitted primarily … Read More

Monkeypox (Mpox): Sign and Symptoms, Causes, Mode of Transmission, Risk factors, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment and Prevention 4.9 (298)

Monkeypox, formerly known as Mpox, is a zoonotic viral disease that resembles smallpox but is generally less severe. It is caused by the Monkeypox virus, which belongs to the Orthopoxvirus … Read More

Typhoid Fever: Causes, Sign and Symptoms, Mode of Transmission, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment and Prevention 4.9 (9587)

Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (commonly called Salmonella Typhi). It spreads through contaminated food and water, especially in areas with poor sanitation. Salmonella … Read More

Delta Bilirubin : Characteristics, Synthesis, Clinical Significance and Measurement 4.9 (2981)

Delta Bilirubin (Bδ) is a conjugated bilirubin covalently bound with albumin when conjugated bilirubin accumulates in the bloodstream due to impaired biliary excretion. This is nontoxic and excreted neither in … Read More

Toxoplasmosis : Sign and Symptoms, Causes, Risk factors, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment and Prevention 4.8 (398)

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. While the parasite is found throughout the world, more than 40 million people in the United States may be infected … Read More

Aplastic Anaemia: Sign and Symptoms, Causes, Risk factors, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment and Prevention 4.4 (10)

Aplastic anemia is a syndrome of bone marrow failure characterized by peripheral pancytopenia (deficiency of all three cellular components of the blood – red cells, white cells and platelets) and … Read More

Hypothyroidism (Underactive thyroid) – Sign and Symptoms, Causes, Risk Factors, Mechanism, Diagnosis, Complications and Treatment 5 (5)

Hypothyroidism is a condition where thyroid gland doesn’t produce enough volume of thyroid hormones to meet human body’s needs. It’s also known as Underactive thyroid. Hypothyroidism may not cause noticeable … Read More

Zika virus Infection: Causes, Sign & Symptoms, Mode of Transmission, Diagnosis, Complication, Treatment and Prevention 4.9 (5865)

Zika virus infection is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the Zika virus, an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the genus Flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae. It is primarily … Read More

Preparation of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) 3.7 (3)

Fresh-Frozen Plasma (FFP) is the component that is prepared by freezing various plasma factors from whole blood or from the plasma collected through aphaeresis at the temperature and duration at which they can … Read More