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Brugia malayi - Filariasis on Microscopy

What is Brugia malayi? It is a filarial parasitic worm that
Brugia malayi - ... Filariasis on Microscopy ... is a filarial parasitic ... #Filariasis #Microscopy ... microbiology #nematodes #parasite
Life Cycle of the Malaria Parasite

#Malaria #Parasite #LifeCycle #InfectiousDiseases
Life Cycle of the Malaria ... Parasite #Malaria ... #Parasite #LifeCycle
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
Filariasis - Life ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #filariasis ... #lifecycle #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria - Plasmodium ... Ruptured oocyst #Malaria ... #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidium Life Cycle
1) Thick-walled oocyst (sporulated) exits host
2) Contamination of water and food with
Cattle are major hosts ... Cryptosporidium #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
or symptoms - Malaria ... pulmonary embolism, malaria ... Bacterial, viral, parasitic ... , brucellosis, malaria ... Eosinophilia - Lymphatic filariasis
Anisakiasis - Life Cycle
Anisakis, Pseudoterranova, Contracecum
1) Definitive hosts excrete unembryonated eggs in
2a) Eggs become embryonated in
1) Definitive hosts ... 5) Paratenic hosts ... to definitive hosts ... #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
typical definitive hosts ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle ... #Fascioliasis #parasite
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Filariasis - Wuchereria ... Filariasis caused ... bancrofti, Brugia malayi ... the presence of filariasis ... ://www.cdc.gov/parasites