[Plasmodium ovale malaria and molecular diagnosis: Could it be a relapse?]

[Plasmodium ovale malaria and molecular diagnosis: Could it be a relapse?] Mikrobiyol Bul. 2019 Jan;53(1):106-113 Authors: Erdoğan E, Yürük M, Sivcan E, Karaca S, Yıldız O, Şahin İ Abstract Malaria caused by Plasmodium species continues to affect the half of the world population. According to the World Health Organization 2017 data, 445.000 cases of malaria and 219 million cases of new clinical malaria cases were reported during the year. African continent is the geographical region where the disease is most frequent. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of imported cases after travels to this continent. In this case report, relaps caused by Plasmodium ovale in a male Republic of Turkey citizen patient who has travelled to Uganda only and no other place a year and half ago was presented. Thin blood smear was prepared from the peripheral blood of the patient who admitted to our hospital with complaints of fever and chills. The smear was stained with Giemsa and examined with a x100 objective microscope and trophozoites belonging to Plasmodium genus were detected. Considering the size and locality of the trophozoites in the erythrocytes, it is thought that the parasite may be Plasmodium vivax. Nested PCR method was used for the species identification. Nested PCR studies were performed using Plasmodium genus and specific primers for P.vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, P.ovale and Plasmodium malariae. Nested PCR pro...
Source: Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni - Category: Microbiology Tags: Mikrobiyol Bul Source Type: research