[Retracted] A Study on Course of Infection and Haematological Changes in falciparum-Infected in Comparison with Artemisinin(s)-Treated Mice
Table 3
Changes in haematological values between infected versus arteether drug-treated mice.
Parameter
Experimental group ()
(at the end of the experiment after parasite clearance)
value
value
Infected (INF)
Drug-treated arteether (DT AE)
HGB (g/dL)
7.93 ± 0.175
11.08 ± 0.770
29.53
<0.0001***
RBC (106/mm3)
5.90 ± 0.201
7.73 ± 0.154
17.66
<0.0001***
PCV (%)
28.92 ± 1.46
31.67 ± 1.86
2.84
<0.05*
MCV (fL)
81.07 ± 2.19
86.17 ± 5.49
2.11
>0.05NS
MCH (pg)
27.67 ± 1.17
27.6 ± 1.23
0.10
>0.05NS
MCHC (g/dL)
33.17 ± 1.08
33.35 ± 0.985
0.30
>0.05NS
PLT (103/mm3)
516.7 ± 23.4
650 ± 22.8
10.00
<0.0001***
WBC (cells/mm3)
6957 ± 102
8983 ± 475
10.22
<0.001***
Neutrophils (%)
28.3 ± 0.724
37.01 ± 0.708
21.08
<0.0001***
Lymphocytes (%)
69.70 ± 2.00
60.67 ± 1.63
8.57
<0.0001***
Monocytes (%)
1.0 ± 0.117
1.0 ± 0.210
8.57
>0.05NS
Eosinophils (%)
1.0 ± 0.669
2.0 ± 0.729
8.57
<0.05*
The values are given as mean ± SD are statistically significant at , *, **, and ***; not significant at ; HGB: hemoglobin; RBC: red blood cells; PCV: packed cell volume; MCV: mean cell volume; MCH: mean cell hemoglobin; MCHC: mean cell hemoglobin concentration; PLT: platelets; WBC: white blood cells.
