| molecular characterization of misidentified plasmodium ovale imported cases in singapore. | plasmodium ovale, considered the rarest of the malaria parasites of humans, consists of two morphologically identical but genetically distinct sympatric species, plasmodium ovale curtisi and plasmodium ovale wallikeri. these parasites resemble morphologically to plasmodium vivax with which they also share a tertian periodicity and the ability to cause relapses, making them easily misidentified as p. vivax. plasmodium ovale infections are rarely reported, but given the likelihood of misidentifica ... | 2015 | 26577930 |