Increased ovalocytic red cells and their low parasitemia in malaria infected subjects.
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-41341
ABSTRACT
Ovalocytic red blood cells were significantly increased in the peripheral blood films of patients infected with P. falciparum (mean +/- S.D. = 6.3 +/- 8.4%) and P. vivax (8.3 +/- 14.0%), whereas, there was only 0.6 +/- 0.4 per cent ovalocytes in normal individuals. Per cent parasitemia of ovalocytes counted at least 100 ovalocytes of the blood films of malaria infected individuals was significantly reduced when compared with that of discocytes which revealed at least 100 discocytes in the same blood smears. Relative increase in ovalocyte and their low parasitemia might be the response of malaria infected individuals to cope with malaria multiplication in their circulation.
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Assunto principal:
Plasmodium falciparum
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Plasmodium vivax
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Humanos
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Contagem de Eritrócitos
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Eritrócitos
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Animais
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Malária
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
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