A 30-year-old traveller to Uganda develops a high fever 10 days after a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. He was bitten by a tsetse fly. Bl...

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A 30-year-old traveller to Uganda develops a high fever 10 days after a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. He was bitten by a tsetse fly. Blood film shows trypomastigotes. The infection progresses rapidly to CNS involvement within 3 weeks. Which subspecies is most likely?

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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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Leishmania donovani

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Plasmodium falciparum

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Acute Rhodesiense HAT

A 30-year-old traveller to Uganda develops a high fever 10 days after a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. He was bitten by a tsetse fly. Blood film shows trypomastigotes. The infection progresses rapidly to CNS involvement within 3 weeks. Which subspecies is most likely?