Hombhanje F W
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.
P N G Med J. 1998 Sep-Dec;41(3-4):116-8.
The microscopical diagnosis of Plasmodium ovale infection is reviewed and its similarity to Plasmodium vivax emphasized. Its presence in Papua New Guinea has been recognized for many years, from a time not long after Stephens first described the species in 1922, but it is rarely reported. There is no doubt of its presence in Papua New Guinea, together with P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae, but its exact prevalence and distribution has not been determined.
本文回顾了卵形疟原虫感染的显微镜诊断方法，并强调了它与间日疟原虫的相似性。自1922年斯蒂芬斯首次描述该物种后不久，人们就认识到它在巴布亚新几内亚存在多年，但鲜有报道。毫无疑问，它与恶性疟原虫、间日疟原虫和三日疟原虫一起存在于巴布亚新几内亚，但尚未确定其确切的流行率和分布情况。
