Intermittent Fever, Unusual Smear

An Eritrean man with a 3-year history of fevers and anemia presents with a strange finding on his Blood Smear. Can you identify the causative organism?

Plamodium vivax


An Eritrean man presented with 3 years of intermittent fevers; workup revealed anemia, elevated aminotransferase levels, and this finding on the blood smear. What organism caused these symptoms?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Wuchereria bancrofti
Onchocerca volvulus
Borrelia recurrentis
Trypanosoma brucei
Plamodium vivax

Blood Smear, Infectious Disease, Intermittent Fever, Malaria, Plasmodium vivax

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