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SUBMITTER: Joste V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5762660 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Joste V V Kamaliddin C C Kendjo E E Hubert V V Argy N N Houzé S S
Scientific reports 20180110 1
Plasmodium ovale curtisi (Poc) and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri (Pow) have been described as two distinct species, only distinguishable by molecular methods such as PCR. Because of no well-defined endemic area and a variable clinical presentation as higher thrombocytopenia and nausea associated with Pow infection and asymptomatic forms of the pathology with Poc infection, rapid and specific identification of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri are needed. The aim of the study w ...[more]