Accurate identification of the six human Plasmodium spp. causing imported malaria, including Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and Plasmodium knowlesi

Table 1 Different species of Plasmodia as detected by microscopy and by real-time PCR assays

Pf P. falciparum, Po P. ovale (in these cases the P. ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri specific real-time PCR assays were not performed due to the unavailability of residual original sample), Poc P. ovale curtisi, Pm P. malariae, Pv P. vivax, Pow P. ovale wallikeri, Pk P. knowlesi.

ISSN: 1475-2875