Stage I of trypanosomiasis characteristically involves systemic trypanosomiasis infection without central nervous system (CNS) involvement. Lymphadenopathy is also a feature of this disease. The trypomastigotes of which protozoa are involved?

a. T. cruzi
b. T. rangeli
c. T. brucei rhodesiense
d. T. brucei gambiense


D
The trypomastigotes of T. brucei gambiense enter the bloodstream, causing a low-grade parasi-temia that may continue for months with the patient remaining asymptomatic. This is considered stage I disease, during which the patient can have systemic trypanosomiasis without CNS in-volvement. During this time, the parasites may be difficult to detect, even by thick blood film examinations. The infection may self-cure during this period without the development of symp-toms or lymph node invasion.

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