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Atypical P. vivax and P. ovale morphology in two imported cases of malaria in Spain
F Vasallo Matilla1, M J Perez Santos, E Ortega Moreno
1Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
The finding of two imported cases of malaria in Spain is reported. Although their origin, their age and their clinical history were different, they both showed parasites of atypical morphology. One was diagnosed as P. vivax and the other as P. ovale, but the morphology observed in both cases does not correspond to what is considered as normal in the two species. In the first case forms similar to those of P. ovale were observed and in the second case P. vivax-like forms. The findings reported confirm the overlapping morphological variability of the two species.
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