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Diagnosis of an Imported Case of Plasmodium ovale Infection in Nanping City，Fujian

ZHANG Zhi-ping1，ZHANG Cong-hui2，ZHUO Ming-ying1，LIN Yao-ying3，WEI Hui-zheng4，ZHU Huai-min2 *   

  1. 1 Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Nanping City；Base for Teaching Internship College of Public Health，Fujian Medical University，Nanping 353000，China；2 Department of Pathogen Biology，The Second Military Medical University，Shanghai 200433，China；3 Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention，Fuzhou 350001，China；4 Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Zhenghe County，Nanping 353600，China
  • Online:2015-02-28 Published:2015-05-04

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Abstract:

An imported case previously misdiagnosed as vivax malaria was reviewed. The epidemiological data and blood sample were collected. The detection was conducted by microscopy， rapid diagnostic test（RDT） and nested PCR. The case was finally comfirmed as the first imported case of Plasmodium ovale infection in Nanping.

Key words: Plasmodium ovale, Imported case, Microscopy, Rapid diagnostic test, Nested PCR