Correlation of malaria parasitaemia with peripheral blood monocyte to lymphocyte ratio as indicator of susceptibility to severe malaria in Ghanaian children

Abstract Background Even though malaria is generally on the decline due extensive control and elimination efforts, it still remains a public health problem for over 40% of the world’s population. During the course of malaria infection, parasites and red blood cells come under oxidative stress and th...

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Main Authors: Samuel Antwi-Baffour, Ransford Kyeremeh, Dorcas Buabeng, Jonathan Kofi Adjei, Claudia Aryeh, George Kpentey, Mahmood Abdulai Seidu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2569-x