A 28-year-old traveler returns from Southeast Asia with fever, chills, and rigors every 48 hours. Blood film shows ring forms and banana-shaped gametocytes. Which Plasmodium species is most likely responsible?
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A
Plasmodium vivax
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B
Plasmodium malariae
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C
Plasmodium falciparum
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D
Plasmodium ovale