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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 ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
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 ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
wound) Human Stages ... microfilariae) Fly Stages ... Loiasis #Loaloa #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
wound) Human Stages ... Blackfly Stages: ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
trypomastigotes) Mammalian Stages ... phase Tsetse Fly Stages ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
c.onjunctiva) Human Stages ... Triatomine Bug Stages ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
liver and shed in stools ... #Schistosoma #LifeCycle ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
Tetanus Toxin -> Spores ... asymmetric reduction in tone ... #Immunization #peds ... #pediatrics #pathophysiology