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Ungraded Practice Question

A 31 year old female with a known history of amebiasis, presented to her physician complaining of bloody diarrhea and fever. Previous patient history revealed that she lives in substandard conditions. Parasitic examination of the woman's stool revealed this suspicious form that measures 20 µm. The identification of this form is:

Please select the single best answer

Entamoeba histolytica
Endolimax nana
Entamoeba polecki
Pseudoparasite

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