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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
This study examines hematologic profiles of persons with acute Plasmodium falciparum or P. vivax infection in Maesod on Thailand's western border with Myanmar compared with febrile, non-parasitemic persons also reporting to malaria clinics. Nine hundred seventy-nine subjects were malaria-negative, 414 were infected with P. falciparum, and 646 were infected with P. vivax. Persons with patent parasitemia tended to have significantly lower white blood cell, red blood cell, platelet, and hemoglobin levels than those who were malaria-negative. For the first time, a parallel trend in thrombocytopenia with parasitemia was found to be associated with both P. falciparum, and P. vivax infection. Using logistic regression, persons with platelet counts < 150,000/microL were 12-15 times more likely to have malaria than persons with platelet counts > or = 150,000/microL. This study supplements previous literature on the hematologic effects of malaria and helps define those alterations for a semi-immune population. Thrombocytopenia is identified as a key indicator of malaria in these febrile patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9637
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Erythrocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Hemoglobins, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Leukocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Malaria, Falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Malaria, Vivax, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Myanmar, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Parasitemia, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Plasmodium falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Plasmodium vivax, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Platelet Count, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:14971691-Thailand
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Hematologic and clinical indices of malaria in a semi-immune population of western Thailand.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology and Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.