A 40-year-old man from India presents with a 3-week history of bloody mucoid diarrhoea (6–10 stools/day), right-sided lower abdominal colic, tenesmus, and low-grade fever (37.5°C). He returned 6 weeks ago from a backpacking trip through Mexico and India where he consumed untreated water and street food. Stool microscopy reveals trophozoites with ingested erythrocytes. Colonoscopy shows the findings marked as **B** in the diagram. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
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