RISK ON INTRODUCED MALARIA TO LIBYA WITH IMMAGRANT WOKERS: BIOCHEMICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL STUDIES

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Sebha, Libya

2 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Damietta, Egypt

Abstract

Malaria has been a fundamental, shape-shifting player in African human and natural landscapes
and their history of interactions. Malaria spreads as a result of human contact with female
anopheles mosquitos, whose habitat interacts with human populations. Human blood
nourishes the mosquitos’ eggs and allows larvae to survive to the adult stage. Furthermore, the
adults carry the plasmodia protozoan that causes the fever and symptoms in humans, who serve
as hosts for the next mosquito vector bites. Biochemical and hematological (RBC, WBC, platelet
levels and hemoglobin) parameters were evaluated in this study.
A total of 200 patients with complete biological data were included in analysis with different
ages ranged from 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, & 66. Infected participants of both sexes were 12 and uninfected
of both sexes were 188. Moreover, 180 lived in Niger and 20 lived in Chad, 131 lived in
rural areas and 69 lived in urban areas. 136 of them were uneducated and 64 were educated, respectively.
Results from this analysis in the present study showed that the mean RBC value was
5.21cells/μl and the mean WBC value was 6.80cells/μl. The mean platelet count was (262,100
platelets/mm3 of blood) and the average hemoglobin level of the infested participants was observed
(13.58 g/dl).

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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 54, Issue 1
April 2024
Pages 115-120

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