Abstract

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.

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