32 y/o male presents with recurrent 101F fever, sweating, ch | Figure 1

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32 y/o male presents with recurrent 101F fever, sweating, chills, headaches, and nausea for past week and a half. Pt. just came back from trip to Madagascar a month ago. Blood smear revealed the image above. DDx?

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