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[Brugia malayi] [Brugia timori] [Loa loa] [Mansonella ozzardi] [Mansonella perstans] [Mansonella streptocerca] [Onchocerca volvulus] [Wuchereria bancrofti]

Microfilaria of Onchocerca volvulus, from skin snip from a patient seen in Guatemala.  Wet preparation.  Some important characteristics of the microfilariae of this species are shown here: no sheath present; the tail is tapered and is sharply angled at the end.