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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Promastigotes transform ... 7) Amastigotes transform ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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hypereosinophilia (HE) Caused ... cytokines Common causes ... disease Rare causes ... CD3-CD4+ T cells ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
a blood meal (passes ... Inside cells they transform ... infected tissues and transform ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
trypomastigotes transform ... trypomastigotes transform ... They transform into ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Causes of Female and Male Infertility - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Causes of Female Infertility:
 • Uterus -
Causes of Female ... Diagnosis Algorithm Causes ... Hypopituitarism Causes ... Infertility: • Sperm Transport ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Plasmodium falciparum life cycle
1: Mosquito bite, transmission of sporozoite
2: Liver, Asexual replication. 1 sporozoite → 10-30,000
other RBCs or transform ... Plasmodium #falciparum #lifecycle
The Effect of Zinc on the Enteral Absorption of Copper. Panel A shows how copper (Cu)
high-affinity Cu transport ... divalent metal transporter ... how zinc (Zn) causes
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
#Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... practices that could cause ... decreased PLT count: CBC ... patients if the cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc