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African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
African Trypanosomiasis ... #African #Trypanosomiasis ... Trypanosoma #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
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 ... #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 ... Plasmodium #lifecycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Triatomine Bug Stages ... Tcruzi #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... cdc #parasite #american
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
wound) Human Stages ... microfilariae) Fly Stages ... Loaloa #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: ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
liver and shed in stools ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
cases of malaria diagnosed ... in the United States ... culture; rapid diagnostic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... iron overload states ... Inhalation of spores ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Valley Fever) - Diagnosis ... Immunosuppressant drug use • African ... ) • skin • bones ... Valley #Fever #Diagnosis ... #Management #infectiousdiseases