The following are recognized infectious causes of eosinophilia EXCEPT-
Correct Answer: Malaria
Description: Eosinophils are impoant in the immune response to parasitic infections. Parasite infections that cause eosinophilia are Strongyloidiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis(hookworm,ascariasis,toxocariasis) ,scistosomiasis,filariases, cestode infection(Taenia saginata, T.solium), liver flukes,lung fluke. Reference Harrison20th edition pg 1136
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