[Retracted] A Study on Course of Infection and Haematological Changes in falciparum-Infected in Comparison with Artemisinin(s)-Treated Mice
Table 2
Changes in haematological values between infected versus artesunate drug-treated mice.
Parameter
Experimental group ()
(at the end of the experiment after parasite clearance)
value
value
Infected (INF)
Drug-treated artesunate (DT AS)
HGB (g/dL)
7.93 ± 0.175
11.20 ± 0.846
9.28
<0.001**
RBC (106/mm3)
5.90 ± 0.201
7.95 ± 0.0894
22.73
<0.0001***
PCV (%)
28.92 ± 1.46
33.67 ± 2.94
3.54
<0.05*
MCV (fL)
81.07 ± 2.19
86.83 ± 3.19
3.65
<0.05*
MCH (pg)
27.67 ± 1.17
28.43 ± 0.625
1.42
>0.05 NS
MCHC (g/dL)
33.17 ± 1.08
32.75 ± 1.73
0.50
>0.05 NS
PLT (103/mm3)
516.7 ± 23.4
675 ± 11.0
15.02
<0.0001***
WBC (cells/mm3)
6957 ± 102
8700 ± 522
8.04
<0.001**
Neutrophils (%)
28.3 ± 0.724
40 ± 0.754
27.43
<0.0001***
Lymphocytes (%)
69.70 ± 2.00
57.67 ± 2.80
8.56
<0.0001***
Monocytes (%)
1.0 ± 0.117
1.0 ± 0.126
0.00
>0.05NS
Eosinophils (%)
1.0 ± 0.669
2.0 ± 0.518
2.69
<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.
