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SUBMITTER: Fuehrer HP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2912579 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fuehrer Hans-Peter HP Starzengruber Peter P Swoboda Paul P Khan Wasif Ali WA Matt Julia J Ley Benedikt B Thriemer Kamala K Haque Rashidul R Yunus Emran Bin EB Hossain Shah Monir SM Walochnik Julia J Noedl Harald H
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20100701 1
In spite of the high prevalence of malaria in Southeastern Bangladesh, there remains a significant shortage of information regarding the presence of three of five human malaria parasites: Plasmodium ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi. The presence of P. ovale and P. knowlesi has previously never been reported from Bangladesh. We used a genus- and species-specific nested polymerase chain reaction, targeting highly conserved regions of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene, to investiga ...[more]