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Life cycle of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lung worm)
#Pathophys #LifeCycle #EosinophilicMeningitis #Angiostrongylus #ACantonensis
Life cycle of Angiostrongylus ... ) #Pathophys #LifeCycle ... EosinophilicMeningitis #Angiostrongylus
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni ... Lifecycle Free-Living ... #Strongyloides # ... fuelleborni #LifeCycle
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Strongyloides Stercoralis ... Lifecycle Free-Living ... #Strongyloides # ... stercoralis #LifeCycle
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus ... Angiostrongyliasis #Angiostrongylus ... costaricensis #LifeCycle
Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidium Life Cycle
1) Thick-walled oocyst (sporulated) exits host
2) Contamination of water and food with
Cattle are major hosts ... Cryptosporidium #LifeCycle
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
manifestation of Strongyloides ... unable to complete lifecycle
Figure 1. The life cycle of Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Rats, as definitive hosts, acquire A. cantonensis when the
life cycle of Angiostrongylus ... as definitive hosts ... the paratenic hosts ... #Pathophys #LifeCycle ... EosinophilicMeningitis #Angiostrongylus
Anisakiasis - Life Cycle
Anisakis, Pseudoterranova, Contracecum
1) Definitive hosts excrete unembryonated eggs in
2a) Eggs become embryonated in
1) Definitive hosts ... other paratenic hosts ... 5) Paratenic hosts ... to definitive hosts ... #LifeCycle #diagnosis
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
Strongyloides Stercoralis ... carry flora + Strongyloides ... hemoptysis #Strongyloides ... parasites #Threadworm #lifecycle
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
typical definitive hosts ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle