Table 1.

Complete blood count changes in an individual with confirmed Lassa fever

Variables	Day 1	Day 4	Day 8	Day 11	Day 15	After 2 weeks	Reference value
Hemoglobin	12	8.3	9	9.3	9.6	10	12 – 16 g/dl
WBC count	1.7	4.2	4.4	6.0	6.2	5.2	4 – 11 × 109 cells / liter
Neutrophils	48	16	13	30	50	43	40 – 70%
Lymphocytes	52	84	84	70	50	55	20 – 40%
Eosinophils	0	02	01	0	0	2	1 – 6%
Monocytes	0	0	02	0	0	0	2 – 10%
Basophils	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 – 1%
Thrombocytes	80	62	102	130	149	-	150 – 400 × 109 / liter
Malaria parasite	(+)	(+)	(−)	(−)	(−)	-	Positive(+) / negative (−)
Reticulocyte count	-	0.6	1.3	1.4	-	-	0.2 − 2.0