Influence of Parasit Number on Trombosit Capacity in Patients with Tropical Malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) in Timika Papua

Malaria parasites are in the blood for most of their life cycle thus inducing changes in the blood, malaria affects almost all blood components. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the number of parasites with platelet levels in Tropical Malaria (Plasmodium plasciparum) sufferers. This type of research is cross sectional, the population of this study was positive patients with Tropical Malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) at the Timika Papua Hospital as many as 33 respondents. The number of samples was determined by the Solvin formula so that 30 samples were obtained. The analysis method uses the mann whitney u test. The results showed that the effect of the number of parasites with platelet levels obtained a decrease in platelet levels where in mild malaria with an average value of 98 parasites obtained an average value of platelets 130,000 /µl while severe malaria obtained the number of parasites with an average value of 480 or severe category and obtained an average value of platelet levels 116,000 /µl. The effect of the number of parasites with platelet levels in patients with tropical malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) shows the results that the higher the number of parasites obtained, the lower the platelet levels.