Title: Plasmodium Ovale Malaria-A Case Report from Tertiary Care Centre Central Kerala
Authors: Dr Suma M T, Dr Resmi Rajeev
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v12i04.01
Abstract
Background: According to World Malaria Report 2019, 3% of the global malaria cases are reported from India. Most cases of malaria in India are due to infestation by Plasmodium falciparum (65%) and Plasmodium vivax (35%). Only a few thousand cases of Plasmodium malariae has been reported from foothill areas in Orissa. Malaria due to Plasmodium ovale is not very common in India and till date only 9 cases have been reported. We are reporting a case of P. ovale malaria which was diagnosed and treated at Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, in a patient who had returned from Uganda. Diagnosis was made with the specific morphological features of these parasites like oval shape of parasitised RBCs, fimbriation of RBCs and very prominent shuffners dots.
Interpretation & Conclusion: This is the first case of Pl. ovale reported from central Kerala. This case of plasmodium ovale malaria could be an isolated imported case and there are no reported cases of local transmission so far following detection of this case.
Keywords: Malaria, Plasmodium ovale, fimbriation.
