A 20 year old student returned to the United States after athree month stay in Guatemala. She had visitied rural villagesduring her stay. She had lost weight, complained of fever,shortness of breath and had upper and lower eyelid edema in herright eye. She had hepatosplenomegaly with lymphadenopathy. EKGtracings revealed abnormal P, T and QRS peaks and an enlargedheart. Thick and thin Giemsa blood stains showed a flagellatedparasite shown in the figure. 1) What is the name of this patient'sillness? What is the parasite causing the infection (Genus andspecies)? 2) How did the patient acquire this infection? 3) What isthe name given to the lesion that may develop at the site ofinnoculation of the parasite? 4) What is the name given to theunilateral edema of the eye seen in this patient? 5) What othercomplications could occur in this patient?
