uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria

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A 42-year-old Malaysian plantation worker presents with daily fever spikes for 5 days. He works in forested areas in Sabah, Borneo. Blood film reveals parasites resembling P. malariae with band-form trophozoites but notably high parasitaemia of 5%. Which Plasmodium species should be most strongly suspected?

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