During present study no case of Plasmodium malariae or
Plasmodium ovale infection was observed as the same was also not observed by Yar et al in Multan.
Historically, human malaria was thought to be caused by any one of four species of microscopic protozoan parasites in the genus Plasmodium--Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae,
Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium falciparum, although we now know that a fifth species causes human malaria--Plasmodium knowlesi (Collins and Barnwell 2009, Indra 2010, Kantele and Jokiranta 2010).
The most common forms of this parasite are Plasmodium (P) falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae and
Plasmodium ovale. Among these strains P.
High prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and
Plasmodium ovale in malaria patients along the ThaiMyanmar border, as revealed by acridine orange staining and PCR-based diagnoses.
Experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Mahidol University, Bangkok joined forces last year in order to share their research after noticing that the single parasite
Plasmodium ovale, though visible through a microscope, was not detected by forensic DNA tests designed to identify the species.
This report describes three cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and two cases of
Plasmodium ovale malaria that occurred during June 27-October 15, 2007 in King County, Washington.
For Plasmodium vivax,
Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium malariae, the mean and peak parasitemias are <20 000/[micro]L and 50 000/ [micro]L, respectively (15).
Plasmodium vivax and
Plasmodium ovale caused the infections in most of these cases.
* Comparison of Imported
Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P ovale wallikeri Infections among Patients in Spain, 2005-2011