OTHER TESTS :
* ELISA TEST FOR MALARIAL PARASITE
* DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF PARASITE IN THICK OR THIN BLOOD FILM IS DIAGNOSTIC
* CSF - NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TOTAL PROTEIN LEVELS & CELL COUNT.
* NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA, WBC - NORMAL, ESR & C-REACTIVE PROTEIN - SLIGHTLY ELEVATED, PALTELETS - REDUCED , * SEVERE INFECTION MAY HAVE RAISED PROTHROMBIN TIME & PTT TIME, METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, RAISED LACTATE, BUN, CREATININE, URATE, MUSCLE & LIVER ENZYMES WITH LOW CONCENTRATION OF GLUCOSE, SOD BICARBONATE, CALCIUM, PHOSPHATES & ALBUMIN.