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A new record of Plasmodium ovale (Stephens, 1922)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. Lewis Webb  and
J. E. Hervel
J. Lewis Webb
Affiliation:
From the Bacteriological Laboratory, Medical and Health Department, Mauritius
J. E. Hervel
Affiliation:
From the Bacteriological Laboratory, Medical and Health Department, Mauritius
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Extract

1. Malaria parasites of the Plasmodium ovale type are recorded from Mauritius.

2. The chief differential characters between P. vivax and P. ovale are given.

3. Stress is laid on the difficulty of correctly diagnosing such an infection using the thick smear method.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , April 1940 , pp. 63 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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