Search for: [Abstract = "Malaria is still one of the most dangerous infectious diseases. It is a mosquito\-borne parasitic disease, usually caused by Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax. It is endemic in tropical regions. In Poland it is currently a disease brought by travelers and people working in endemic regions and it is the most common disease that they may face after returning. The aim of the study was to evaluate the possibility of using Raman spectroscopy in the study of structural changes in erythrocytes depending on the type of parasite attack. Electron paramagnetic resonance \(EPR\) spectroscopy was also used. Previously, spectroscopic studies were performed by other researchers on cell cultures of erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium and were promising. Patients hospitalized for malaria in the Department of Infectious Diseases of the University Hospital in Krakow in 2012\-2023 were included in the study and their results were compared with a control group of healthy volunteers. Routine laboratory diagnostics were performed in patients with malaria, including capillary blood smears to assess the degree of parasitemia and to confirm the species of parasite. In addition, blood samples were taken from patients \(at the beginning, during the treatment and at the end of treatment\) and healthy volunteers for Raman spectroscopy and EPR studies. These studies were carried out as par"]

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