After Returning from a Trip to Africa, Tom Feels Tired

question 28

Multiple Choice

After returning from a trip to Africa, Tom feels tired and weak and has severe anemia.A blood smear reveals a protozoan in his blood and the health care provider diagnoses malaria.Which of the following could be the causative agent of this disease?

• A)Plasmodium vivax
• B)Giardia lamblia
• C)Trichophyton rubrum
• D)Taenia solium
• E)HIV

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Definitions:

Prejudice

Preconceived opinion or bias, often negative, towards people, groups, or subjects, based on stereotypes rather than individual merit.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Group Polarisation

The tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.

Extreme Decisions

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