Open AccessStudy of thrombocytopenia in patients of malaria
Author(s) -
N. K. Gupta,
Shyam Babu Bansal,
Uttam Chand Jain,
Kiran Sahare
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
tropical parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2229-7758
pISSN - 2229-5070
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5070.113914
Subject(s) - malaria , virology , medicine , immunology , computational biology , biology
Malaria is a Protozoal disease caused by infection with parasites of the genus Plasmodium and transmitted to man by certain species of infected female Anopheline mosquito. In 2008 there were 1.52 million cases of malaria in India, out of which 0.76 million case of Plasmodium falciparum, comprising 50% of total malaria cases. There were 924 deaths from malaria. Hematological abnormalities have been observed in patients with malaria, with anemia, and thrombocytopenia being the most common.