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Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Mosquito takes a blood ... schizont 5) Human Blood ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
) Tick takes a blood ... ) Tick takes a blood ... Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Sandfly takes a blood ... Sandfly takes a blood ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
Mosquito takes a blood ... into lymph and blood ... bancrofti #filariasis #lifecycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
Simulium) takes a blood ... in peripheral blood ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
sputum, peripheral blood ... 4) Fly takes a blood ... Loiasis #Loaloa #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
abdominal pain, bloody ... Immunocompromised patient: AIDS ... Ova and parasite ... HIV infection or ... Acute #Diarrhea #management
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
Tsetse fly takes a blood ... fluids, e.g., blood ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
Migration to portal blood ... #Schistosoma #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Triatomine bug takes a blood ... Triatomine bug takes a blood ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite