A patient, recently returned from a vacation in the tropics, is diagnosed with leishmaniasis. The patient asks the nurse how he or shes got this disease. What is the nurse's best response?
A) "You got this disease from a mosquito bite."
B) "You got this disease from unsanitary drinking water."
C) "You got this disease from eating unsanitary food."
D) "You got this disease from the bites of sand flies."
D
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Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by a protozoan that is passed from sand flies to humans. Therefore, options A, C, and D are incorrect.
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