Table 1.

Thrombocytopenia in patients with malaria and without malaria.

Platelet count		Malaria positive patients (% age)
Grade		Total (% age)	Plasmodium falciparum positive (% age)	Plasmodium vivax positive patients (% age)	Malaria negative patients (% age)	Total (n = 228)
3	25,000–50,000 dL	27 (12)	22 (18)	05 (4)	46 (20)	81 (35.5%)
2	50,000–75,000 dL	46 (20)	30 (25)	16 (13)	47 (20.6)	93 (41%)
1	75,000–150,000 dL	48 (21)	30 (25)	18 (15)	06 (2.6)	54 (23.7)
	Total	121 (53)	82 (68%)	39 (32%)	107 (47)	228 (100%)