A 19-year-old woman returned from a Costa Rica had been suffering from crampy abdominal pain and diarrhea for over a week. Microscopic examination of a concentrated wet-mount preparation of stool sample revealed oval eggs, with some being more broadly oval than others. Eggshell was thick and mammilated. What parasitic disease can be suspected in the patient?

A 19-year-old woman returned from a Costa Rica had been suffering from crampy abdominal pain and diarrhea for over a week. Microscopic examination of a concentrated wet-mount preparation of stool sample revealed oval eggs, with some being more broadly oval than others. Eggshell was thick and mammilated. What parasitic disease can be suspected in the patient?

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