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Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
Old anti-parasitic ... SARS-CoV-2, the virus ... causing COVID-19 ... ivermectin… #COVID19 ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases
Trends in invasive mechanical ventilation, hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, and corticosteroids in the US from April to July
#clinical #COVID19 ... #management #COVID ... #coronavirus #infectiousdiseases
This is an oversimplified, hypothetical model to think about time from symptom onset and stages of
of disease in COVID ... #COVID19 #COVID ... #infectiousdisease ... #clinical #management
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Free-Living Cycle 1) ... Parasitic Cycle ... intestine 9) Parasitic ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Echinococcus Life Cycle 1) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Plasmodium Life Cycle 1) ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle 1) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Babesia Life Cycle 1) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
Echinostoma Life Cycle 1) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
Persistence of clinically ... 1 4 hours to < ... Type 2 1 day to ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases ... contagiousness #COVID19