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The diagnostic characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum are best described by which one of the following statements?

AAn impoant diagnostic feature is the irregular appearance of the edges of the infected RBC.
BA period of 72 hours is required for the development of the mature schizont, which resembles a rosette with only 8 to 10 oval merozoites.
CExcept in infections with very high parasitemia, only ring forms of early trophozoites and the gametocytes are seen in the peripheral blood.
DSchuffner stippling is routinely seen in RBC's that harbor parasites.
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