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The Effects of Plasmodium Falciparum Parasitaemia on Liver Synthetic Fidelity and Oxidative Stress Markers

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  • Mieebi Martins Wankasi

    (Niger Delta University, Nigeria)

  • Alabrah Peter Waibode

    (Federal Medical Centre, Nigeria)

  • Eni-Yimini Solomon Agoro

    (Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria)

Abstract

Malaria has for century’s defiled eradication due to pathophysiological and environmental complexities. The study was aimed at revealing the effect of malaria parasitaemia on hepatic synthetic fidelity and oxidative stress markers individually and synergistically. A total of five hundred subjects constituted the sample size, out of which two hundred comprised the control and three hundred the test group with grades of parasitaemia. Serum aspartate aminotransferases (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), iron, malonaldehyde and glutathione were analysed using WHO approved methods. The results obtained indicated a significant increase (p

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  • Mieebi Martins Wankasi & Alabrah Peter Waibode & Eni-Yimini Solomon Agoro, 2020. "The Effects of Plasmodium Falciparum Parasitaemia on Liver Synthetic Fidelity and Oxidative Stress Markers," European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 2(4), July.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:2:y:2020:i:4:id:40421
    DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.4.421
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