A Case of Imported Plasmodium ovale malaria.
10.3346/jkms.2006.21.5.932
- Author:
Tae Hee HAN
1
;
Baek Nam KIM
;
Hee Kyung SEONG
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Korea. kscosby@sanggyepaik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Plasmodium ovale;
Malaria;
Polymerase Chain Reaction
- MeSH:
Sequence Analysis, DNA;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
Plasmodium ovale/*genetics;
Male;
Malaria/*diagnosis/etiology;
Humans;
Genes, rRNA;
Adult
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2006;21(5):932-935
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
There have been reports in Korea of imported malaria cases of four Plasmodium species, but there has been no report of imported Plasmodium ovale malaria confirmed by molecular biological methods. We report an imported case of that was confirmed by Wright-Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smear and nested polymerase chain reaction targeting the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene. The amplified DNA was sequenced and compared with other registered P. ovale isolates. The isolate in this study was a member of the classic type group. The patient was a 44-yr-old male who had worked as a woodcutter in Cote d'Ivoire in tropical West Africa. He was treated with hydroxychloroquine and primaquine and discharged following improvement. In conclusion, P. ovale should be considered as an etiology in the imported malaria in Korea, because the number of travelers to P. ovale endemic regions has recently increased.
