title: Sympatric distribution of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri in India: implication for the diagnosis of malaria and its control.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report the first evidence of sympatric distribution of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri from India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fingerprick blood samples were collected from fever cases in district Bastar, Chhattisgarh State for malaria screening by microscopy and PCR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two cases of mono infection of P. ovale, and a fatal case of cerebral malaria with a mixed infection of P. vivax, P. falciparum and P. ovale were confirmed by PCR. Sequencing analysis revealed the presence of P. ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights the need of molecular diagnosis of malaria cases in forested areas for treatment and control.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH) formerly known as Regional Medical Research Center for Tribals (RMRCT), ICMR, Nagpur Road, Garha, Jabalpur-482003, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH) formerly known as Regional Medical Research Center for Tribals (RMRCT), ICMR, Nagpur Road, Garha, Jabalpur-482003, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH) formerly known as Regional Medical Research Center for Tribals (RMRCT), ICMR, Nagpur Road, Garha, Jabalpur-482003, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Praveen K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Bharti
authors.affiliation: District Malaria office & Govt. Maharani Hospital and Associated Medical College Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Malaria Research Field Unit, Jabalpur, RMRCT Campus, Nagpur Road, Garha, Jabalpur, Madhya Prades, India.
authors.forename: Mrigendra P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH) formerly known as Regional Medical Research Center for Tribals (RMRCT), ICMR, Nagpur Road, Garha, Jabalpur-482003, Madhya Pradesh, India neeru.singh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Neeru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification; D065928:Forests; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008853:Microscopy; D010802:Phylogeny; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041122:Plasmodium ovale / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D015800:Protozoan Proteins
keywords: Central India; Forest; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium ovale