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Question 1

African sleeping sickness is fatal if not treated because the parasite
◦ evades destruction by the immune system by changing surface antigens.
◦ reproduces so fast there is no time for an immune response to develop.
◦ is an intracellular parasite in RBC's, where they are not detected by the immune system.
◦ produces a non-immunogenic toxin the immune system cannot neutralize.
◦ produces a toxin which binds irreversibly to neurons.

Question 2

An intracellular parasite primarily transmitted as an STD is the agent of ________, which may cause enough damage to result in blindness.
◦ trachoma
◦ tetanus
◦ primary amebic meningoencephalopathy
◦ cryptococcal meningitis
◦ rabies
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