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Thrombocytopenia in Malaria

Sumudu Karunaratna, Dewanee Ranaweera, Harshini Vitharana, Prasad Ranaweera, Kamini Mendis, Deepika Fernando

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases · 2021 · 11 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Low platelet counts could delay suspecting and testing for malaria. Eliciting a history of travel to a malaria-endemic country could provide an important and discerning clue to suspect and test for malaria in such patients.

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