Q29
Single choice
A traveler returning from sub-Saharan Africa presents with cyclical fevers, chills, and sweats. A Giemsa-
stained peripheral blood smear reveals multiple ring forms within red blood cells, some appliqué forms, and occasional banana-shaped gametocytes. No Schüffner's dots or red blood cell enlargement is observed.
Which Plasmodium species is the most likely cause?