title: Plasmodium ovale curtisi
text: # Plasmodium ovale curtisi
  
  Plasmodium ovale curtisi is a subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans. The subspecies was described in 2010 when it was established that the two subspecies of Plasmodium ovale, while morphologically identical are genetically distinct.
  
  ## Epidemiology
  
  P. ovale curtisi has been identified in Ghana, Myanmar, Nigeria, São Tomé, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
  
  ## Clinical features
  
  Clinical features for P. ovale curtisi are described in the article on Plasmodium ovale.
  
  ## Phylogenetics
  
  This species separated from its closest known relative, Plasmodium ovale wallikeri, between 1.0 and 3.5 million years ago.
  
  