Once Infected with Trypanosoma Brucei,the Patient's Immune System Cannot Clear

question 52

Multiple Choice

Once infected with Trypanosoma brucei,the patient's immune system cannot clear the infection and develop immunity because the parasite

• A) has flagella that allow it to travel all over the body.
• B) matures into infectious trypomastigotes.
• C) reproduces by binary fission.
• D) changes its glycoprotein surface antigens every time it replicates.
• E) invades the central nervous system.

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Definitions:

Splenic Artery

A major blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the spleen.

Coronary Arteries

Arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle itself, essential for providing the heart with oxygen-rich blood.

Right

Generally refers to the direction or side opposite of left, but in medical or anatomical contexts, it specifies the side of the organism's body which is to the east when facing north.

Left

The side or direction that is on the opposite of right, often associated with the westward cardinal direction when facing north.