After returning from a trip to Africa, Tom feels tired and weak and has severe anemia.  A blood smear reveals a protozoan in his blood and the health care provider diagnoses malaria.  Which of the following could be the causative agent of this disease?

A. Taenia solium
B. Plasmodium vivax
C. Trichophyton rubrum
D. HIV
E. Giardia lamblia


Answer: B

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