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

Microfilaria of Mansonella ozzardi.  Thick blood smear, stained with Giemsa.  The microfilaria is typically small, unsheathed, and has a slender, tapered tail that is hooked ("button hook").  The nuclei do not extend to the end of the tail.

 

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