Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in North-West Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Ethiopia Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are the dominant species accounting for roughly 60 and 40% of malaria cases, respectively. Recently a major shift from P. falciparum to P. vivax has been observed in various parts of the country but the epidemiology of the other human malaria species, Plasmodium ovale spp. and Plasmodium malariae remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to assess P. ovale curtisi and wallikeri infection in north-west Ethiopia by using microscopy and nested PCR.

Methods

A health institution-based survey using non-probability sampling techniques was conducted at Maksegnet, Enfranze and Kola Diba health centres and Metema hospital in North Gondar. Three-hundred patients with signs and symptoms consistent with malaria

SUBMITTER: Alemu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3849950 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature