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Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
of Wuchereria bancrofti ... #Wuchereria #bancrofti ... #filariasis #lifecycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... plague, anthrax • Jaundice ... tuberculosis, American ... Bacterial, viral, parasitic ... Returning #Traveler #differential
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
African Trypanosomiasis ... #African #Trypanosomiasis ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite ... #american
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans in
Results in severe keratitis ... #Acanthamoeba #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... Adenovirus - Hepatitis ... muscle aches, jaundice ... Waterborne #Infections #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
infections - Including African ... Salmonella typhi Parasitic ... Diseases: • East African ... Fever #Travel #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
encephalitis), Wuchereria bancrofti ... rhusiopathiae, Hepatitis ... tick (Amblyomma americanum ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
encephalitis), Wuchereria bancrofti ... rhusiopathiae, Hepatitis ... tick (Amblyomma americanum ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases