A cluster of the first reported Plasmodium ovale spp. infections in Peru occuring among returning UN peace-keepers, a review of epidemiology, prevention and diagnostic challenges in nonendemic regions

A cluster of the first reported Plasmodium ovale spp. infections in Peru occuring among returning UN peace-keepers, a review of epidemiology, prevention and diagnostic challenges in nonendemic regions

Abstract Background Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri are regarded as less virulent forms of malaria with a geographic distribution including Southeast Asia, Central and West Africa, and is increasingly reported as an infection in returning travellers. A species of malaria that...

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Main Authors: Rosio I. Guerra, Marianela Ore, Hugo O. Valdivia, Danett K. Bishop, Mariana Ramos, Christopher N. Mores, Wesley R. Campbell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium ovale
Relapse
Traveler
Malaria
Non-falciparum malaria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2809-8

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