The first case of Plasmodium ovale malaria from Bangladesh.
The authors report the first indigenous case of Plasmodium ovale infection from Bangladesh. The diagnosis was confirmed by PCR and sequence analysis. The patient had neither been outside of the country nor ever received blood transfusions. The authors concluded that there was evidence for a local transmission of P ovale malaria in Bangladesh. P ovale malaria should therefore always be considered a potential differential diagnosis in the indigenous population as well as travellers and migrants returning from South Asia, possibly up to years after their return.
Department of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Peter
P
Starzengruber
Hans-Peter
HP
Fuehrer
Paul
P
Swoboda
Wasif A
WA
Khan
Emran B
EB
Yunus
Shah M
SM
Hossain
Julia
J
Walochnik
Harald
H
Noedl
D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D041122:Plasmodium ovale