Open AccessParasite and the Circulating Pool- Characterisation of Leukocyte Number and Morphology in Malaria
Author(s) -
Reshma G Kini,
Jayaprakash Chandrashekhar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16425.7887
Subject(s) - monocytosis , malaria , eosinopenia , white blood cell , neutrophilia , immunology , parasitemia , plasmodium vivax , medicine , biology , plasmodium falciparum , gastroenterology , bone marrow
Haematological changes are the most common complications encountered in malaria. There is significant correlation between several of the haematological parameters and the clinical profile, prognosis and mortality in malaria. White cell counts and differentials are among the most basic and primary investigations done in a patient presenting with fever of short duration.