Umar Zein, Hadiki Habib, Hadyanto Lim, Loeki Enggar Fitri
Ovale malaria cases in Indonesia have been reported only in the provinces of Papua, East Timor and West Flores. We have found a case of Plasmodium ovale infection in Langkat District, North Sumatra Province. Diagnosis was based on a complaint of recurrent fever accompanied by chills and intermittent fever and confirmed by Giemsa-stained microscopic examination of thick and thin peripheral blood smears. The characteristic morphology of Plasmodium ovale in blood smear determined the patient's diagnosis. Thus, a new endemic areas of ovale malaria was discovered in Indonesia. © 2017 by the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease. All rights reserved.
Dr. Umar Zein Tropical Diseases and Infectious Clinic, Medan, Indonesia; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia; Department of Pharmacology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Methodist University of Indonesia, Medan, Indonesia; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia
