Association between vitamin D serum levels and clinical, laboratory, and parasitological parameters in patients with malaria from an endemic area of the Amazon.
Janaina Maria SettoRosana Maria Feio LibonatiAna Maria Revoredo da Silva VenturaTânia do Socorro Souza ChavesCarina Guilhon SequeiraArnaldo Jorge Martins FilhoRicardo Luiz Dantas MachadoSylvia do Carmo Castro FranceschiniJéssica Thuanny Teixeira BarretoPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2022)
Malaria patients residing in a mining area had 25(OH)D serum levels that were significantly lower than those in the control group residing in the mining area, though both were within normal levels. Red blood cell counts had an inverse correlation with parasitemia (Plasmodium falciparum), and platelet levels had an inverse correlation with parasitemia (Plasmodium vivax). 25(OH)D deficiency was evidenced in Itaituba, in the state of Pará, which is an endemic area of malaria in the Amazon region.