Plasmodium knowlesi could be misdiagnosed as P. malariae
or P. falciparum by microscopy because early trophozoites of
P. knowlesi morphologically resemble those of P. falciparum,
and late and mature trophozoites, schizonts, and gametocytes
of P. knowlesi are generally indistinguishable from those
of P. malariae.
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