Naowarat TanomsingMallika ImwongColin J. SutherlandChristiane DolecekTran Tinh HienFrancois NostenNicholas P J DayNicholas J. WhiteGeorges SnounouMahidol UniversityLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUCLChurchill HospitalShoklo Malaria Research UnitInsermFaculte de Medecine Pierre et Marie Curie2018-10-192018-10-192013-12-01Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.51, No.12 (2013), 4213-42161098660X009511372-s2.0-84889825886https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/32069We present a seminested PCR method that specifically discriminates between Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri with high sensitivity. The test is based on species-specific amplification of a size-polymorphic fragment of the tryptophan-rich antigen gene, potra, which also permits discrimination of intraspecific sequence variants at this locus. Copyright © 2013 Tanomsing et al. This is an open-Access article distributed.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1128/JCM.01527-13