This year there have been 7 travelers to eastern africa


Question: This year there have been 7 travelers to eastern Africa that have contracted Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. They have all presented in the early stage of the disease with a "chancre" of the skin associated with cellulitis (red hot swelling) around the chancre. Which of the following is false regarding Trypanosoma brucei?

A. Progression of the disease is more rapid in rhodesiense than in gambiense

B. Early diagnosis allows for a more effective, safer medication that can be used before the parasite reaches the brain

C. Rhodesiense has multiple hosts while in gambiense, humans are the only host

D. Epidemics of African sleeping sickness have occurred by person to person spread E. Both are transmitted by the Tsetse fly

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