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Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
Onchocerciasis - ... 8) L3 larvae 9) ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria - Plasmodium ... a blood meal 9) ... Plasmodium #lifecycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Parasitic Cycle ... become adults. 8) Parasitic ... small intestine 9) ... Parasitic female ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... or symptoms - Malaria ... Bacterial, viral, parasitic ... filariasis, loasis, onchocerciasis ... #differential #diagnosis
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Parasitic Cycle: ... become adults. 8) Parasitic ... small intestine 9) ... stercoralis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... salmonella, ...), Parasites ... Leishmaniosis, malaria ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis
Diphyllobothriasis - Diphyllobothrium Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated eggs passed in feces
2) Eggs embryonate in water
3) Coracidia hatch
small intestine 9) ... Diphyllobothrium #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
musculature. 9) ... TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
) Circulation 9) ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess Diagnosis ... residual lesion or is clear ... Coccidioides • Parasite