Question 1

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 the egg shown in the figure. The indications are consistent with infection with
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Trypanosoma cruzi.
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Anaplasma phagocytophilium.
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Schistosoma mansoni.
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Plasmodium falciparum.
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Toxoplasma gondii.
Question 2
Lipid A can cause septic shock.
◦ true
◦ false