Determinación del Ancho de Distribución Plaquetaria como Marcador Oportuno y Diferencial entre Fiebre del Dengue, Fiebre del Dengue Hemorrágico y Chikungunya en pacientes atendidos en el Centro de Salud Tipo C “Unidad Médica Asistencial” del Cantón Joya de los Sachas

Abstract

This research project was carried out to determine the platelet distribution width positive cases of dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever and chikungunya. The Ecuador as a country with biodiversity and climate have different regions such as the Amazon region and coastal areas where there is the greatest cause proliferation of vectors of these viral diseases, being more frequently in rainy seasons. In the Amazon it found a significant number of cases of these diseases. According to laboratory tests there has been a decrease in the total count of platelets in patients presenting dengue fever and Chikungunya. The objective of this research is to determine the degree of platelet anisocitosis for which we worked with a total of 62 people without exclusion of ethnicity, age, sex, religion etc., which were 105 people diagnosed with dengue fever and 10 people were diagnosed with Chikungunya