A traveller returning from sub-Saharan Africa presents with cyclical fevers, sweats, and rigors every 48 hours. Blood films show intraerythrocytic par...

Question

A traveller returning from sub-Saharan Africa presents with cyclical fevers, sweats, and rigors every 48 hours. Blood films show intraerythrocytic parasites. Which is the most likely species of malaria parasite?

Accepted Answer

Plasmodium vivax

Answer

Plasmodium ovale

Answer

Plasmodium falciparum

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Plasmodium malariae

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Plasmodium knowlesi

Malaria — UKMLA MCQ

A traveller returning from sub-Saharan Africa presents with cyclical fevers, sweats, and rigors every 48 hours. Blood films show intraerythrocytic parasites. Which is the most likely species of malaria parasite?