Haematological changes in malaria-infected children in North-West Nigeria

Abstract

Neodymium-titania/silica films were prepared by the sol-gel method with the addition of various amounts of hydroxy propyl cellulose (HPC) and 5.09 × 10 −5 g g −1 solution of carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) in saturated conditions. The porous Nd-TiO 2 /SiO 2 was obtained after heat treatment for 2 h at 500 • C, with the surface area up to 276 m 2 g −1 , which was measured using the Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the particle size of Nd-TiO 2 /SiO 2 decreased and the microstructure of the film became loose in suitable conditions with the addition of CMC to HPC. Subsequently, the photocatalytic activity of Nd-TiO 2 /SiO 2 film under visible light irradiation was achieved to an optimum when the concentrations became 3.825 × 10 −3 and 5.09 × 10 −5 g g −1 sol. for HPC and CMC, respectively.

Effects of Malaria Infection on some Haematological and Biochemical Parameters in the General Population and Pregnant Malaria Patients Attending Two District Hospitals in Niger State, Nigeria

“…Malarial infection causes changes in haematological and biochemical parameters of affected individuals to varying degrees resulting in changes in body physiology [4,17].…”

“…It is endemic in 100 countries making about half of the world's population to be at risk [3]. About 50% of Nigerian population is reported to suffer from at least one episode of malaria each year [4].…”

“…Haematological and biochemical parameters are used as indices to monitor the severity of malaria [4,12,13]. The degree of changes in haematological and biochemical parameters depend on the level of parasitemia, nutritional status [14], malaria immunity [15] and the endemicity of the disease [16].…”

Insecticide Treated Net Ownership, Utilization and Knowledge of Malaria in Children Residing in Batoke-Limbe, Mount Cameroon Area: Effect on Malariometric and Haematological Indices

“…Based on the results of the linear regression model, it was observed that ITN use had a signi cant in uence on WBC, Hb, RBC, Hct, MCHC, RDW-CV and Plt. The signi cantly higher Hb, RBC, MCHC, RDW-CV and Plt count in ITN users than non-users, may be as a result of the protective e cacy of the ITNs that prevents the ITN users from the bite of the Anopheles vector thereby preventing them from contracting the Plasmodium infection, which has been proven in several studies [58,61,62] to reduce the haematological parameters of children. This nding corroborates with results of Maina et al [61] and Kotepui et al [59] who reported that; red blood cell counts, haemoglobin and platelets counts were signi cantly lower in malaria positive children than negative children.…”

Impact of Plasmodium falciparum infection on some haematological parameters in a malaria endemic population, Southeastern Nigeria

“…Most times disease conditions such as malaria tend to influence haematological parameters, which presents itself with various clinical presentations depending on the severity of the infection on the human body. During the pathogenesis of malaria infection in the body of humans, some of the complications that usually occur include haematological changes that involve the major cell types such as red blood corpuscles (RBCs), leucocytes and thrombocytes [2,3]. Quite a numbers of malaria induced complications that includes anaemia, thrombocytopaenia and leukocytosis have been established [4].…”