02-14-2009, 04:25 AM
One week following a visit to the woods along an Eastern seaboard beach, a 50-year-old woman develops fever, headache, chills, and fatigue. A blood smear demonstrates protozoa within erythrocytes. Which of the following is the most likely pathogen?
A) Babesia microti
B) Leishmania donovania
C) Plasmodium falciparum
D) Plasmodium vivax
E) Trypanosoma cruzi
A) Babesia microti
B) Leishmania donovania
C) Plasmodium falciparum
D) Plasmodium vivax
E) Trypanosoma cruzi