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Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
a blood meal 9) ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Tetralogy of Fallot Summary
 • Anatomy
 • Incidence
 • Pathophysiology
 • Presentation
 • Common Variants
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• Incidence • Pathophysiology ... Associated Genetic Syndromes ... palliation • Post-Op Management ... Fallot #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #peds
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... small intestine 9) ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle ... Parasite #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Pathophysiology ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... #Barre #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
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
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
8) L3 larvae 9) ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle ... small intestine 9) ... #stercoralis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
musculature. 9) ... #TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
) Circulation 9) ... #Schistosoma #LifeCycle ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... the underlying pathophysiology ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #GBS #Guillain ... #Barre #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #management