[Retracted] A Study on Course of Infection and Haematological Changes in falciparum-Infected in Comparison with Artemisinin(s)-Treated Mice
Table 4
Changes in haematological values between infected versus artemether-lumefantrine drug-treated mice.
Parameter
Experimental group ()
(at the end of the experiment)
value
value
Infected (INF)
Drug-treated artemether-lumefantrine (DT AL)
HGB (g/dL)
7.93 ± 0.175
11.08 ± 0.770
9.77
<0.001**
RBC (106/mm3)
5.90 ± 0.201
7.78 ± 0.317
12.23
<0.0001***
PCV (%)
28.92 ± 1.46
33.67 ± 2.94
3.54
<0.05*
MCV (fL)
81.07 ± 2.19
87.0 ± 1.79
5.14
<0.001**
MCH (pg)
27.67 ± 1.17
28.7 ± 1.16
1.54
>0.05NS
MCHC (g/dL)
33.17 ± 1.08
33.33 ± 1.34
1.54
>0.05NS
PLT (103/mm3)
516.7 ± 23.4
680 ± 11.4
15.38
<0.0001***
WBC (cells/mm3)
6957 ± 102
8033 ± 378
6.74
<0.001**
Neutrophils (%)
28.3 ± 0.724
41.00 ± 1.41
19.58
<0.0001***
Lymphocytes (%)
69.70 ± 2.00
58.33 ± 4.55
5.61
<0.001**
Monocytes (%)
1.0 ± 0.117
1.0 ± 0.297
0.00
>0.05NS
Eosinophils (%)
1.0 ± 0.669
2.0 ± 0.566
0.00
<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.
