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Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
Sporocysts 4b) Rediae ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #Fascioliasis #
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
takes a blood meal ... takes a blood meal ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
takes a blood meal ... takes a blood meal ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
takes a blood meal ... takes a blood meal ... Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
takes a blood meal ... takes a blood meal ... bancrofti #filariasis #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
→ Sporocysts → Rediae ... Clonorchis #sinensis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
Chrysops) takes a meal ... takes a blood meal ... Loiasis #Loaloa #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
takes a blood meal ... takes a blood meal ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
takes a blood meal ... takes a blood meal ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
takes a blood meal ... takes a blood meal ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc