Peculiarities of malaria caused by Plasmodium ovale
Abstract. The actuality of malaria caused by Plasmodium ovale to Russian healthcare is persisting due to the steady increase of migration flows and rising of international tourism. Current article analyzes clinical and laboratory characteristics of malaria caused by this pathogen. A clinical observation of a 39-year-old patient hospitalized with cyclic fever, hepatomegaly, and intoxication syndrome is introduced. A key diagnostic advice during the patient’s examination was his epidemiological history – long-term residence in malaria-endemic regions (Cambodia, Uganda). This clinical case emphasizes the need to include malaria in the differential diagnosis row of the diseases for patients with fever who have traveled to endemic regions, even long after possible infection, due to the ability of P. ovale to persist in the body for a long time. Timely diagnosis and adequate therapy, including anti-hypnozoite drugs, are essential for preventing recurrences of the disease.Titov V.D., Gopatsa G.V., Dzottsoeva E.S., Ponezheva Zh.B.
Keywords
malaria
fever
Plasmodium ovale
malaria treatment
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About the Authors
Vladislav D. Titov, MD, resident physician at Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor. Address: 111123, Moscow, 3A Novogireevskaya St.E-mail: titoff.vlados@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0952-8295
Galina V. Gopatsa, MD, PhD (Medicine), head of the Department of infectious diseases No. 7, Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the Department of Healthcare of Moscow, senior researcher at the Clinical Department of infectious pathology, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor. Address: 111123, Moscow, 3A Novogireevskaya St.
E-mail: irinasemenova07@rambler.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8703-7671
Elina S. Dzottsoeva, MD, PhD (Medicine), junior researcher at the Clinical Department of infectious pathology, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor. Address: 111123, Moscow, 3A Novogireevskaya St.
E-mail: sidelnicovaes@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6854-1722
Zhanna B. Ponezheva, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), head of the Clinical Department of infectious pathology, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor. Address: 111123, Moscow, 3A Novogireevskaya St.
E-mail: doktorim@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6539-4878
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