ReviewJournal of parasitology research2021
Role of Platelet Indices as a Potential Marker for Malaria Severity.
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- Sex-specific hemostatic responses and alterations of Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) and D-dimer in mild COVID-19, Malaria, and co-infection in a tropical setting: A case-control study in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics of thrombocytopenia in tropical diseases and management in resource-limited settings.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2026Review
- Interactions between Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells and their extracellular vesicles with megakaryocytes: implications for platelet-like particle formation.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Comparative Analysis of Initial Full Blood Count Parameters in Adults Infected WithOpen forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Stress-mediating inflammatory cytokine profiling reveals unique patterns in malaria and typhoid fever patients.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Predicting malaria in sudanese pregnant women: reliability of complete blood count.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Platelet Ido1 expression is induced during Plasmodium yoelii infection, altering plasma tryptophan metabolites.Blood advances · 2024Article
- Haematological Profile in Patients With Acute Falciparum Malaria: A Hospital-Based Study.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Status of selected biochemical and coagulation profiles and platelet count in malaria and malaria-Schistosoma mansoni co-infection among patients attending at Dembiya selected Health Institutions, Northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Investigating the association between various platelet indices and different clinical sub-groups of severe malaria.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2023Article
- Hematological Abnormalities Among Malaria Infected Adult Patients in Association with ABO Blood Groups at Jinella Health Center, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia.Journal of blood medicine · 2023Article
- Platelet Parameters and Their Correlation with Parasitemia Levels Among Malaria Infected Adult Patients at Jinella Health Center, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of blood medicine · 2023Article
- Mimicking platelet indices in patients with malaria and dengue hemorrhagic fever: characteristics and clinical applications.Tropical medicine and health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Platelet parameter alteration such as platelet count and platelet indices are more common than in other blood cell lines due to diverse causative pathophysiological mechanisms in severe malaria infection. In malaria patients, no more studies evaluated platelet indices in relation to disease severity and prognosis. Therefore, this review assessed the current scientific knowledge on the potential role of platelet indices for the diagnostic marker of severe malaria infection. Results: Hence, after reviewing recent literatures, elevation of mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in addition to decreased plateletcrit and platelet counts is the known potential risk factor associated with warning signs of severe malaria. Thus, thrombocytopenia < 150 × 10 Conclusion: Platelet indices are useful predictors of malaria severity. Immature platelet fraction (IPF%) is raised in the case of severe malaria, and it was significantly more useful than MPV. Advanced research will further investigate the platelet index abnormality associated with specific age and gender among specific malaria species.
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