A woman develops liver inflammation, a high fever, and a severe decline in red blood cell numbers. Her blood is filled with a parasitic, single-celled organism. When asked about any recent travel, she tells the nurse about her trip to a tropical rain forest. It was a great trip except for the huge number of mosquitoes that bit her. She is probably infected with

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The symptoms described, including liver inflammation, high fever, severe decline in red blood cell numbers, and the presence of a parasitic, single-celled organism in the blood, along with the history of travel to a tropical rainforest and mosquito bites, are indicative of malaria, which is caused by the Plasmodium parasite.

A Woman Develops Liver Inflammation, a High Fever, and a Severe