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Acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute renal failure from Plasmodium ovale infection with fatal outcome

Lau YL 1 , Lee WC , Tan LH , Kamarulzaman A , Syed Omar SF , Fong MY Show all authors , Cheong FW , Mahmud R

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  • 1 Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center (TIDREC), Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. lauyeeling@um.edu.my
Malar J, 2013;12:389.
PMID: 24180319 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-389

Abstract

Plasmodium ovale is one of the causative agents of human malaria. Plasmodium ovale infection has long been thought to be non-fatal. Due to its lower morbidity, P. ovale receives little attention in malaria research.

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