Table 1.

Hematological and plasma biochemistry indices of healthy and infected groups.

Parameters	Unit	Healthy group	Infected group	p-value
		Mean±SE	Mean±SE
WBC	×103/µL	12.34±0.94	14.17±0.79	0.153
RBC	×106/µL	7.44±0.29	5.42±0.28	0.000*
Platelet	×103/µL	195.09±20.93	47.24±13.15	0.000*
Hemoglobin	g/dL	16.60±0.66	11.46±0.61	0.000*
Hematocrit	%	46.74±2.00	33.09±1.67	0.000*
MCV	fL	62.75±0.83	61.24±0.75	0.196
MCH	pg	22.31±0.24	21.16±0.30	0.010*
MCHC	g/dL	35.55±0.23	34.55±0.24	0.008*
Neutrophil	×103/µL	7.26±0.69	6.73±0.44	0.502
Lymphocyte	×103/µL	2.92±0.41	4.79±0.46	0.009*
Monocyte	×103/µL	0.69±0.08	1.55±0.19	0.002*
Eosinophil	×103/µL	1.41±0.20	1.16±0.19	0.388
Basophil	×103/µL	0.05±0.01	0.06±0.01	0.775
ALT/SGPT	U/L	33.00±8.73	34.81±3.39	0.828
creatinine	mg/dL	1.45±0.06	1.25±0.06	0.944

^*p<0.05, SE=Standard error, WBC=White blood cells, RBC=Red blood cells, MCV=Mean corpuscular volume, MCHC=Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, ALT=Alanine aminotransferase, SGPT=Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase