title: Flowers blossoming in the desert heat.
authors.affiliation: Banner University Medical Center-Tucson.
authors.forename: David A
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6394-7766
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.affiliation: Banner University Medical Center-Tucson.
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Proytcheva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000473:pathology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology