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This is an oversimplified, hypothetical model to think about time from symptom onset and stages of
symptom onset and stages ... COVID19 #COVID #infectiousdisease ... #clinical #management
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
the skin) Human Stages ... cells Sandfly Stages ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
) Human Liver Stages ... 5) Human Blood Stages ... Gametocytes Mosquito Stages ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... in the United States ... tularensis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
wound) Human Stages ... microfilariae) Fly Stages ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
wound) Human Stages ... Blackfly Stages: ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Pathophysiology: ... and sympathetic tone ... cardiology #diagnosis #management
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
trypomastigotes) Mammalian Stages ... phase Tsetse Fly Stages ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... improvement with Tx Management ... Infection #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
c.onjunctiva) Human Stages ... Triatomine Bug Stages ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases