Diseases

Ungraded Practice Question

A 68-year-old female, who recently vacationed in Brazil, presented to her physician exhibiting overall weakness, fever, and enlarged lymph nodes. Blood was collected for culture and parasitic examination. The culture was negative. This suspicious form was recovered upon examining the Giemsa-stained preparation. This patient is most likely suffering from:

Please select the single best answer

Chagas' disease
East African sleeping sickness
West African sleeping sickness
None; considered non-pathogenic

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