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Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy

Did you know that a parasitic infection can put a pregnancy at risk of serious complications? Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, a little parasite that uses cats as its definitive host, can sometimes disrupt normal fetal development. But what factors affect the chance of transmission from the mother to the fetus, how can toxoplasmosis be […]

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Physiology & Disease

Hemolytic disease of the newborn

Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN) is a type of anemia that occurs when the mother’s immune system attacks and destroys the fetal red blood cells as a result of an incompatibility between the mother’s and the baby’s blood group. Another term used for this condition is Erythroblastosis fetalis, but we will discuss the reason […]