Haematological Alterations in Initially Diagnosed and Relapse/Recurrent Cases of Malaria: A Comparative Study

• Published in: Journal of clinical and diagnostic research Vol. 12; no. 9; pp. EC06 - EC09
• Main Authors: Arora, Deepti, Kaushik, Sanjay, Azad, Sheenam, Kaur, Anupreet, Kishore, Sanjeev
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 01.09.2018
• Subjects: anaemia; parasitic index; severity; thrombocytopenia

Introduction: Malaria is endemic in India with an estimated 70- 100 million cases each year. An alteration of haematological profile is one of the hallmarks in patients with malaria. A variety of haematological alterations like progressively increasing anaemia, leucocytosis or leucopenia, thrombocyt...