ABSTRACT
To see the effect of thrombocytopenia in plasmodium vivax infection. Prospective study. This study was conducted at Trauma and General Hospital, Karachi from June 2013 to October 2014. Ninety seven patients were included in the study with low platelets and positive malarial parasite [MP] or immunochromatographic test [ICT] malaria. Patients that were presenting with other causes of thrombocytopenia were excluded from the study including plasmodium falciparum or dengue fever. Total 97 patients were included in the study. Among them 63 [64.9%] were males. Mean age was33.15 +/- 8.513 years. In our study none of the patient develops bleeding or required platelet transfusion. Thrombocytopenia is now commonly seen in plasmodium vivax infection, but usually do not lead tobleeding like dengue fever or plasmodium falciparum infections