INTRODUCTION: Sleeping sickness or Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is known to be a “neglected tropical disease”, caused by a protozoan parasite which belongs to the genus of Trypanosoma and transmitted by the bite of the blood sucking vector “tsetse fly” belonging to the genus Glossina. This parasite causes infection and is known to endanger many […]
Category: Diseases
“CORONAVIRUS(SARS CoV2)”: STRUCTURE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, IMMUNOPATHOLOGY.
Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, novel and contagious pneumonia, similar to SARS Coronavirus. Dawn of pandemic: The transmission of the virus to the humans were observed to the people of Wuhan, Hubei province In China. It is likely said to be originated from bats and eventually transmitted by unknown carriers to the […]
THALASSEMIA
One of the most common group of inherited genetic haemoglobin abnormalities leading to haematological disorders caused by the defects in the synthesis of haemoglobin chains. Lack of proper synthesis of globin chains results in impaired erythropoiesis and hemolysis. Based on the defects in the synthesis of different chains present in haemoglobin, thalassemia are of two […]