Thrombocytopenia as an Indicator of Malaria

Abstract

Malaria remains today one of the major health problems in most parts of India with increased morbidity and mortality.Low platelet count is regularly related to malaria and has been describing by numerous workers. Thrombocytopenia is a routine characteristic of severe malaria and happens in both P. falciparum and P. vivax disease regardless of the acuteness of infection. The study was conducted in the population of Nadiyad city, and district Kheda of Gujarat state, India; from July 01, 2017 to Oct 31, 2017. The chosen target population was for a purposeful screening. The complete blood count and a blood smear were examined for malaria. A total of 250 patients were examined for malaria. 63(25.2%) patients were positive for malaria. From them 53(84.1%) were males and 10(15.8%) were females. Majority of patients were between 10 and 65. Thrombocytopenia was observed in 52 patients (82.53%). In this study group, 54 patients (85.71%) were positive for Plasmodium vivex and 9 (14.28%) patients were positive for plasmodium falciparum. It was noted that moderate thrombocytopenia has seen in malaria patients. Elevated frequency of light to acute thrombocytopenia was seen in patients suffering from malaria, and assorted as skilful as Plasmodium vivax was found to be ordinary type in these cases.

Keyword: Infection, malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivex, thrmbocytopenia

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Ankita Bhatiya. Thrombocytopenia as an Indicator of Malaria. Research & Reviews: Journal of Medical Science and Technology. 2019; 8(3): 1–3p.