Plasmodium Ovale Malaria: Endemic Areas in Indonesia
Plasmodium ovale consists of two subspecies – P. ovale wallikeri and P. ovale curtisi. Increased reports of imported malaria ovale in non-endemic regions and mixed infection of P. ovale with other Plasmodium species suggest that P. ovale might be under-detected during routine surveillance. Areas end...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Interna Publishing
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Acta Medica Indonesiana |
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| Online Access: | https://actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/1875 |
| Summary: | Plasmodium ovale consists of two subspecies – P. ovale wallikeri and P. ovale curtisi. Increased reports of imported malaria ovale in non-endemic regions and mixed infection of P. ovale with other Plasmodium species suggest that P. ovale might be under-detected during routine surveillance. Areas endemic with P. ovale have mostly been reported in African and Western Pacific countries. A recent case report in Indonesia indicated that regions with P. ovale endemicity are not only distributed in Lesser Sunda and Papua, but also in North Sumatra. |
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| ISSN: | 0125-9326 2338-2732 |