Malaria Parasites and their relation to Platelets Count inPatients in El-Damazien hospital Blue Nile State

Abstract

This study was conducted on ٢٠٠ blood samples collected from patients attending El-Damazien medical hospital. Out of the blood samples examined, 52 were found positive for malaria infection. This constituted a prevalence rate of 26%. This study included 105 males. Among them, 25 were infected with a prevalence rate of 23.8%. The study also included 95 females with 27 infected with malaria constituting a prevalence rate of 28.4%. The difference in prevalence rates was found to be statistically insignificant. The study showed that there was variation in the infection rates among different age groups. The highest infection rate (47.1%) was found in the 11-20 years age group and the lowest infection rate (11.5%) was found in the 21-30 years age group. The difference in prevalence rate was found to be statistically significant. Various level of parasitaemia was identified. The highest infection rate (40.4%) was found with high parasitaemia (++++) and the lowest infection rate (15.4%) was found with parasitaemia (+++). Out of the 52 cases infected with P. falciparum, 34 were found with low platelets count which constituted an occurrence rate of 65.4%, while the rest of those infected with P.falciparum (18) were with normal platelets count which constituted an occurrence rate of 34.6%. The highest rate (1oo %) with low platelets count was found with P.falciparum parasitaemia (+++), while the lowest rate (57.1%) was found with P.falciparum high parasitaemia (++++). This difference was found to be statistically insignificant.