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. 2022 May 18;9(7):ofac261.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac261. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Missed Plasmodium ovale Infections Among Symptomatic Persons in Angola, Mozambique, and Ethiopia

Colleen M Leonard  1 , Jimee Hwang  2 , Ashenafi Assefa  3 , Rose Zulliger  4 , Baltazar Candrinho  5 , Pedro Rafael Dimbu  6 , Abuchahama Saifodine  4 , Mateusz Plucinski  2 , Eric Rogier  1
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Missed Plasmodium ovale Infections Among Symptomatic Persons in Angola, Mozambique, and Ethiopia

Colleen M Leonard et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

The majority of symptomatic malaria in sub-Saharan Africa is caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Infection with Plasmodium ovale is often not recorded and not considered clinically relevant. Here, we describe 8 cases of P ovale infection from 3 African countries-all of which were misdiagnosed at the presenting health facility.

Keywords: Plasmodium ovale; diagnosis; malaria; rapid diagnostic tests.

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