CRP and malaria: The medians of platelet counts (PLT) were 102.5, 109.0, and 223.0 × 103/μL, while CRP medians were 67.4, 81.4 and 10.4 mg/L in P. vivax, P. falciparum and control groups respectively (p < 0.001 in Mann–Whitney U tests between malaria and control groups).