Correlation between low platelets and malaria disease – Mini review
Sharjah Municipality, Department of Public Health Clinic, Sharjah- United Arab Emirates.
Mini-review
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 07(03), 048-050
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2020.7.3.0339
Publication history:
Received on 01 September 2020; revised on 07 September 2020; accepted on 09 September 2020
Abstract:
Malaria is one of the major causes of disease for people living in tropical and subtropical areas. Infection with malaria parasites may result in a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from absent or very mild symptoms to severe disease and even death. Low platelets are common in the laboratory feature among patients with malaria. Causes of Low platelets in malaria till now it not clarified. In this mini review we try to find the correlation between malaria and thrombocytopenia. Malaria is associated with different degrees of low platelet count and the relationship between low platelets and malaria till now not sufficiently understood till now.
Keywords:
Low Platelets; Thrombocytopenia; Correlation; Plasmodium; Malaria Disease
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