Kevin and Neill spent a couple of days camping next to a lake in a national park.While at the campsite,they swam in the lake and noticed several trees near their campsite had been damaged by beavers.A couple of weeks after they returned home,both young men began to lose weight and have abdominal pain and diarrhe A.Based on this information,the emergency room doctor who treated Kevin suspected his patient had become infected with _____.

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The symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss suggest a possible gastrointestinal infection. Given the information that Kevin and Neill had been swimming in a lake where beavers had damaged trees, it is likely that they were exposed to contaminated water, which could have contained the parasite Giardia. Other choices such as Toxoplasma and Influenza B do not typically cause these specific symptoms, and Bacillus cereus is generally associated with food poisoning.

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