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One week after eating bear meat, a fur trapper develops diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. The next week, he experiences systemic symptoms of fever, myalgias, and malaise. His doctor notes periorbital edema and swollen eyelids, and laboratory tests report an eosinophilia. He is diagnosed with which of the following? a. Giardiasis b. Schistosomiasis c. Toxoplasmosis d. Trichinosis e. Visceral larva migrans

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          One week after eating bear meat, a fur trapper develops diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. The next week, he experiences systemic symptoms of fever, myalgias, and malaise. His doctor notes periorbital edema and swollen eyelids, and laboratory tests report an eosinophilia. He is diagnosed with which of the following?
a. Giardiasis
b. Schistosomiasis
c. Toxoplasmosis
d. Trichinosis
e. Visceral larva migrans

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One week after eating bear meat, a fur trapper develops diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. The next week, he experiences systemic symptoms of fever, myalgias, and malaise. His doctor notes periorbital edema and swollen eyelids, and laboratory tests report an eosinophilia. He is diagnosed with which of the following? a. Giardiasis b. Schistosomiasis c. Toxoplasmosis d. Trichinosis e. Visceral larva migrans