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Relapsing malaria is due to...

Relapsing malaria is due to

A

Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax

B

Plasmodium ovale and P. vivax

C

Plasmodium falciparum and P. ovale

D

P. falciparum only

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The correct Answer is:
B
The recurrence of asexual parasitemia in p. vivax and p. ovule malaria deriving from persisting liver stages. Relapse occur when the blood stage infection has been eliminated but hypnozoites persists in the liver and mature to form hepatic schizoints.
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