A woman patient with history of travel to tropical Africa was noncompliant with her antimalarial medications. She now has a cyclical fever and paroxysm every 72 hours. The following organism is seen in her peripheral blood smear at 1000 × is consistent with an infection caused by × is consistent with an infection caused by A) Plasmodium ovale. B) P. vivax. C) P. falciparum. D) P. malariae." class="answers-bank-image d-block" loading="lazy" >
A) Plasmodium ovale. B) P. vivax. C) P. falciparum. D) P. malariae.