Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a novel betacoronavirus that
has been circulating in the Arabian Peninsula since 2012 and causing severe respiratory …

Pigment present in different forms of Plasmodium species infecting humans exhibits light
scattering when blood films are viewed by dark-field microscopy. This facilitates the detection of …

Background Although virologically confirmed dengue fever has been recognized in Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia, since 1994, causing yearly outbreaks, no proper seroepidemiologic studies …

Results: The mean age of the participants was 44.36 years; 75.1% of the participants were
Saudi nationals, 58% were males. Nine samples were positive for HDV-Ab and four were …

Objectives: To analyze antiretroviral drug resistance and determine the genotype of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 in Saudi patients by sequencing an amplified region of the …

The occurrence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection among young children hospitalized
with lower respiratory tract illness, at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, was …

Hemozoin is generally considered a waste deposit that is formed for the sole purpose of
detoxification of free heme that results from the digestion of hemoglobin by Plasmodium …

Patient blood containing Plasmodium falciparum ring-forms was collected in a capillary tube,
spread on a 22 mm × 50 mm coverslip and allowed to dry. This coverslip was inverted and …

A decade since the epidemic of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first
recognized, a wealth of information has accumulated on the molecular biology of the …

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is one of the major health problems worldwide.
Hemodialysis patients are at an increased risk of acquiring HCV and the prevalence of HCV in …