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:

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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:

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