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Effect of nutritional status as reflected by weights for age on total malarial parasite count was studied in 75 children. P. vivax was seen in 31 and P. falciparum in 44 of them. In 15 patients with normal weight for age mean absolute parasite count was 12200. The mean total malaria parasite count in PEM grade I was 9741; 4260 in grade II; 4286 in grade III and 596 in PEM grade IV. Statistical evaluation revealed a significant positive correlation (r=0·98) between nutritional status and total parasite count.
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Ahmad, S.H., Moonis, R., Shahab, T. et al. Effect of nutritional status on total parasite count in malaria. Indian J Pediatr 52, 285–287 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02754860
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