A Case of Imported Plasmodium ovale malaria
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: 932-935, 2006.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-98113
ABSTRACT
There have been reports in Korea of imported malaria cases of four Plasmodium species, but there has been no report of imported Plasmodium ovale malaria confirmed by molecular biological methods. We report an imported case of that was confirmed by Wright-Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smear and nested polymerase chain reaction targeting the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene. The amplified DNA was sequenced and compared with other registered P. ovale isolates. The isolate in this study was a member of the classic type group. The patient was a 44-yr-old male who had worked as a woodcutter in Cote d'Ivoire in tropical West Africa. He was treated with hydroxychloroquine and primaquine and discharged following improvement. In conclusion, P. ovale should be considered as an etiology in the imported malaria in Korea, because the number of travelers to P. ovale endemic regions has recently increased.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Genes, rRNA
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Plasmodium ovale
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Malaria
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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