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Diagnosis of an imported Plasmodium ovale wallikeri infection in Malaysia

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Title
Diagnosis of an imported Plasmodium ovale wallikeri infection in Malaysia
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Malaria Journal, January 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12936-015-1070-z
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Jonathan Wee Kent Liew, Rohela Mahmud, Lian Huat Tan, Yee Ling Lau

Abstract

Plasmodium ovale is rare and not exactly known to be autochthonous in Malaysia. There are two distinct forms of the parasite, namely P. ovale curtisi (classic form) and P. ovale wallikeri (variant form). Here, the first sequence confirmed case of an imported P. ovale wallikeri infection in Malaysia is presented. Microscopy found Plasmodium parasites with morphology similar to P. ovale or Plasmodium vivax in the blood films. Further confirmation using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting the small-subunit rRNA gene of the parasite was unsuccessful. Genus-specific PCR was then performed and the product was sequenced and analysed. Sequence analyses confirmed the aetiological agent as P. ovale wallikeri. New species-specific primers (rOVA1v and rOVA2v) were employed and P. ovale wallikeri was finally confirmed. The findings highlight the need to look out for imported malaria infections in Malaysia and the importance of a constantly updated and validated diagnostic technique.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 3%
Brazil 1 3%
Unknown 29 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 13%
Student > Master 4 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 10%
Other 2 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 9 29%
Unknown 7 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 29%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 8 26%
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