A patient presents to the Hospital with a slow healing bite on the side of their thigh from several weeks ago. The patient has symptoms of irritability with itching and paresthesia at the site of the bite. The incubation period for this disease can vary drastically from 20 days all the way to a case of 7 years of incubation. The patient states that they were at a national park and were bit slightly by a monkey when they feeding them. What disease is this patient presenting with and what are the treatment options?

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