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Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
chronic hepatitis C virus ... DAAs #Antivirals #table ... #medications #infectiousdisease
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
Fecal-oral route, virus ... shock • Mumps Virus ... • Measles Virus ... • Rubella Virus ... peds #pediatrics #pathophysiology
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
an identifiable cause ... The cause is unknown ... Herpes simplex virus ... - Epstein-Barr virus ... neurology #anatomy #pathophysiology
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
#Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... #bradycardia #Causes ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... canimorsus • Virus ... , Epstein-Barr virus ... #Infectious #Causes ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
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 ... Parasite #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
SARS associated virus ... Polio virus Type ... Pseudorabies virus ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #table