A Person Reports to a Clinic Complaining of Fever and Abdominal

question 51

Multiple Choice

A person reports to a clinic complaining of fever and abdominal pain. The abdomen is swollen, and blood tests indicate kidney damage. A stool sample is examined under a microscope and found to contain eggs with a spine projecting from its surface. The indications are consistent with infection with

• A) Plasmodium falciparum.
• B) Anaplasma phagocytophilium.
• C) Schistosoma mansoni.
• D) Toxoplasma gondii.
• E) Trypanosoma cruzi.

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