Molecular diagnosis and therapy for Plasmodium ovale infection of a returned traveler from East Africa

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2021-05-06
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Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites that are mainly transmitted through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. The average annual number of malaria cases was less than ten in Taiwan in the last five years. Most of the cases were caused by Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum, and were primarily diagnosed in travelers who returned from Southeast Asia and Africa. Here, we report the first case of Plasmodium ovale infection within five years that was confirmed by peripheral blood smear examination and molecular identification in a 25-year-old Asian female patient who returned from Uganda.

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Tseng, Y.-C., Chang, Y.-C., Lee, C., Hsu, S.-F., Chang, P.-C., Hsu, J.-J., Lin, P. B.-C., Lu, M.-C., Tien, N., & Hsiao, C.-T. (2021). Molecular diagnosis and therapy for Plasmodium ovale infection of a returned traveler from East Africa. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan Yi Zhi. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2021.04.013
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