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Table 1 Delays and biological changes in 6 French soldiers with imported Plasmodium ovale malaria.

From: The challenge of diagnosing Plasmodium ovale malaria in travellers: report of six clustered cases in french soldiers returning from West Africa

Patient

1

2

3

4

5

6

Number of days between end of chemoprophylaxis and disease onset

19

18

11

12

42

17

Number of days between onset and diagnosis

8

5

12

11

3

7

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

[Normal = 13-18 g/dL]

13.2

13.0

13.9

15.1

14.1

15.3

White blood count (x 103/mm3)

[Normal = 4-10 × 10 3 /mm 3 ]

6.6

5.7

5.4

2.0

8.5

5.9

Blood platelets (x 103/mm3)

[Normal = 150-400 × 10 3 /mm 3 ]

147.0

97.0

297.0

60.0

170.0

60.0

CRP (mg/L)

[Normal < 10 mg/L]

24.0

27.0

50.0

122.0

25.0

118.0

Creatinaemia (μmol/L)

[Normal = 70-100 μmol/L]

79.0

90.0

103.0

120.0

73.0

88.0

Glucose (mmol/L)

[Normal = 4-7.25 mmol/L]

5.3

6.1

6.3

6.5

4.5

6.8

ASAT (UI/L)

[Normal = 5-40 UI/L]

27.0

23.0

89.0

34.0

24.0

91.0

ALAT (UI/L)

[Normal = 5-35 UI/L]

34.0

16.0

129.0

96.0

40.0

179.0

Bilirubin (mg/L)

[Normal < 12 mg/L]

7.8

43.0

16.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

Haptoglobin (g/L)

[Normal = 1-3 g/L]

1.1

0.21

1.6

1.0

1.2

0.3