DISTINGUISHING MALARIA AND DENGUE FEVER PATIENTS BY USING FREQUENCY AND HEMATOLOGICAL MANIFESTATION IN HYDERABAD, SINDH, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Malaria and dengue are the two common mosquito infections that are very important and cause high risk for many patients around the world. Malaria and dengue fever are the leading cause of illness in Pakistan. These both diseases have caused severe loss of life in every city of Pakistan. The objective of this study is to determine the demographic, clinical and haematological aspects of malaria and dengue fever. This study was carried out from 2023-2024 on 120 dengue fever and 120 malaria patients. This study shows that majority of the malarial cases were diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax. Dengue fever cases were diagnosed by NS1 antigen test. In demographic characters of both the cases, males were more effected than the females. Dengue fever patients showed more mean age ratio than the malarial patients. Most of the affected malarial cases were in age 1-10 years while most of the dengue fever cases were in age 21-30 years. Fever and headache were common clinical symptoms in both cases. Significant differences were noticed in blood cell parameters.