HUBUNGAN KADAR HEMOGLOBIN DENGAN JENIS PLASMODIUM PADA PENDERITA INFEKSI MALARIA DI KABUPATEN NABIRE PAPUA

Abstract

Malaria is an acute or chronic disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite which is characterized by symptoms of fever, headache, chills, enlarged spleen and anemia. Anemia in malaria is caused by impaired formation of erythrocytes in the red bone marrow and destruction of erythrocytes so that hemoglobin levels, erythrocyte counts and hematocrit values ​​are not normal. This research is an analytical study with a retrospective nature, which aims to determine the relationship between hemoglobin levels and Plasmodium species in patients with malaria infection in Nabire district. This study was conducted on patients with clinical symptoms of malaria who had malaria and hemoglobin levels checked. Microscopic examination was carried out on thick and thin blood samples from peripheral blood samples that had been stained with Giemsa staining, so that 50 malaria positive blood samples and hemoglobin levels were obtained, there were as many as 58% of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falcifarum and 42 of Plasmodium vivax. %. Based on the degree of anemia in Plasmodium falciparum, severe anemia was found in 4%, moderate anemia in 46%, mild anemia in 8%, and in Plasmodium vivax with severe anemia 4%, moderate anemia in 34%, and mild anemia in 4%. The incidence of malaria in Nabire Regency is dominantly caused by Plasmodium falciparum, with a moderate degree of anemia.