ArticleJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology2021
Immunological, haematological, and clinical attributes of rural and urban malaria: a case-control study in Ghana.
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Abstract
To compare clinical presentations, haematological and immunological parameters in urban and rural malaria patients. Clinically suspected malaria patients, resident in either rural or urban communities, were selected from seven health facilities in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. For each suspected malaria patient, parasites were detected microscopically and quantified subsequently. In each study site, an equal number of cases and age-matched controls were selected. In both cases and controls, clinical presentations, nutritional status, haematological, and immunological parameters were profiled. A total of 149 malaria patients and 149 nonmalaria controls were selected. Compared to rural dwellers with malaria, parasitaemia was significantly higher in both males and females and in the various age groups in urban dwellers with malaria. Additionally, mean lymphocytes, haemoglobin, haematocrit, mean cell haemoglobin, platelets, and mean platelet volume levels were significantly lower in urban dwellers with malaria. However, TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-12 levels in urban dwellers with malaria were significantly higher, while IL-10, CD4
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