A Woman Develops Liver Inflammation, a High Fever, and a Severe

Multiple Choice

A woman develops liver inflammation, a high fever, and a severe decline in red blood cell numbers. Her blood is filled with a parasitic, single-celled organism. When asked about any recent travel, she tells the nurse about her trip to a tropical rain forest. It was a great trip except for the huge number of mosquitoes that bit her. She is probably infected with

A) Giardia.
B) Trichomonas.
C) Euglena.
D) Plasmodium.
E) Trypanosoma.