Despite not being a criterion for severe malaria, thrombocytopenia is one of the most
common complications of both Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria. In a …

Coevolution of humans and malaria parasites has generated an intricate balance between
the immune system of the host and virulence factors of the parasite, equilibrating maximal …

Background Malaria is a major mosquito-borne public health problem in Thailand with
varied haematological consequences. The study sought to elucidate the haematological …

Background Malaria is the commonest cause of childhood morbidity in Western Kenya with
varied heamatological consequences. The t study sought to elucidate the haemotological …

Changes in blood cell parameters are already a well-known feature of malarial infections. To
add to this information, the objective of this study was to investigate the varying effects that …

Neutrophils are essential innate immune cells that extrude chromatin in the form of
neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) when they die. This form of cell death has potent …

Platelets play a critical role in the pathogenesis of malarial infections by encouraging the
sequestration of infected red blood cells within the cerebral vasculature. But platelets also …

Severe malaria is manifest by a variety of clinical syndromes dependent on properties of
both the host and the parasite. In young infants, severe malarial anemia (SMA) is the most …

Platelets restrict the growth of intraerythrocytic malaria parasites by binding to parasitized
cells and killing the parasite within. Here, we show that the platelet molecule platelet factor 4 …

White blood cells (WBCs) were counted in 4697 individuals who presented to outpatient
malaria clinics in Maesod, Tak Province, Thailand, and Iquitos, Peru, between 28 May and …