A 42-year-old woman from Chennai with fever for 8 days has a blood smear showing crescent-shaped gametocytes and banana-shaped forms. She is non-immune and has severe malaria with cerebral involvement. What is the most specific investigation to confirm the species and assess parasitaemia load for prognostic stratification?

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