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Recrudescence of malaria refers to recurrence of
malarial fever due to:
A. Reinfection of the patient by mosquito bite
B. Reinfection of blood by exoerythrocytic hypnozoites
C. Incomplete clearance of schizonts from
blood
D. Any of the above
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C. Incomplete clearance of schizonts from
blood
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