2002
Wide distribution of Plasmodium ovale in Myanmar
Win T, Lin K, Mizuno S, Zhou M, Liu Q, Ferreira M, Tantular I, Kojima S, Ishii A, Kawamoto F. Wide distribution of Plasmodium ovale in Myanmar. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2002, 7: 231-239. PMID: 11903985, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00857.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionPlasmodium ovaleP. ovaleP. ovale-infected patientsThin smearsPCR-positive patientsPlasmodium ovale infectionNested polymerase chain reactionHuman malaria parasiteSingle-species infectionsOvale infectionsP. malariaeQuadruple infectionsP. vivaxBlood samplesP. falciparumOvaleMalaria parasitesPatientsPlasmodium speciesInfectionChain reactionMolecular diagnosis
1998
High prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale in malaria patients along the Thai‐Myanmar border, as revealed by acridine orange staining and PCR‐based diagnoses
Zhou M, Liu Q, Wongsrichanalai C, Suwonkerd W, Panart K, Prajakwong S, Pensiri A, Kimura M, Matsuoka H, Ferreira M, Isomura S, Kawamoto F. High prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale in malaria patients along the Thai‐Myanmar border, as revealed by acridine orange staining and PCR‐based diagnoses. Tropical Medicine And International Health 1998, 3: 304-312. PMID: 9623932, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00223.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsP. malariae infectionP. ovale infectionsP. malariaeThai-Myanmar borderMalaria patientsMalariae infectionOvale infectionsNew variant formAcridine orange staining methodHuman malaria parasitePlasmodium malariaeHigh prevalencePlasmodium ovaleTotal prevalenceP. ovaleP. malariae isolatesAcridine orange stainingMalariaeBurmese patientsInfectionMalaria parasitesPatientsThin smearsPrevalenceMixed infections
1997
Identification of the four species of human malaria parasites by nested PCR that targets variant sequences in the small subunit rRNA gene
Kimura M, Kaneko O, Liu Q, Zhou M, Kawamoto F, Wataya Y, Otani S, Yamaguchi Y, Tanabe K. Identification of the four species of human malaria parasites by nested PCR that targets variant sequences in the small subunit rRNA gene. Parasitology International 1997, 46: 91-95. DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5769(97)00013-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research