A patient is diagnosed with trypanosomiasis after laboratory tests confirm the presence of trypanosomes in the blood. Despite mounting antibody responses, the infection persists.
Which immune evasion strategy is used by the trypanosomes to enable this persistence?

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A patient is diagnosed with trypanosomiasis after laboratory tests confirm the presence of trypanosomes in the blood. Despite mounting antibody responses, the infection persists.

Which immune evasion strategy is used by the trypanosomes to enable this persistence?

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Sequestration of infected red blood cells within blood vessels

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Intracellular residence within macrophages, limiting antibody exposure

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Continuous switching of surface glycoproteins to evade antibody recognition

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Resistance to complement-mediated lysis at the cell surface

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