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Filariasis
[Brugia malayi] [Brugia timori] [Loa loa] [Mansonella ozzardi]
[Mansonella perstans] [Mansonella streptocerca]
[Onchocerca volvulus] [Wuchereria bancrofti]
W. bancrofti microfilaria on a filter

Microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti collected by filtration with a nucleopore membrane.  Giemsa stain, which does not demonstrate the sheath of this sheathed species (hematoxylin stain will stain the sheath lightly).  The pores of the membrane are visible.

 

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