A new endemic area of ovale malaria in Indonesia: A case report from Sumatra Utara Province
Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 7
Abstract
Ovale malaria cases in Indonesia have been reported only in the provinces of Papua, East Timor and West Flores. We have found a case of Plasmodium ovale infection in Langkat District, North Sumatra Province. Diagnosis was based on a complaint of recurrent fever accompanied by chills and intermittent fever and confirmed by Giemsa-stained microscopic examination of thick and thin peripheral blood smears. The characteristic morphology of Plasmodium ovale in blood smear determined the patient’s diagnosis. Thus, a new endemic areas of ovale malaria was discovered in Indonesia.
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- EP ID EP223664
- DOI 10.12980/apjtd.7.2017D6-417
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