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Filariasis
[Brugia malayi] [Brugia timori] [Loa loa] [Mansonella ozzardi]
[Mansonella perstans] [Mansonella streptocerca]
[Onchocerca volvulus] [Wuchereria bancrofti]
M. streptocerca microfilaria

Microfilaria of Mansonella streptocerca from a skin snip.  Fixed in 2% formalin and stained with hematoxylin.  The microfilaria is unsheathed, has a nearly straight body attitude, the tail is typically coiled into a “shepherd’s crook”, and terminal nuclei extend as a single row to the end of the tail.

 

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