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Loa loa microfilariae on Microscopy

- Bobbi Pritt, MD @ParasiteGal

#Loaloa #microfilariae #Microscopy #clinical #video #smear #blood
Loa loa microfilariae ... ParasiteGal #Loaloa #microfilariae
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
produce sheathed microfilariae ... meal (ingests microfilariae ... ) 5) Microfilariae
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
produce sheathed microfilariae ... meal (ingests microfilariae ... Fly Stages: 5) Microfilariae
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
human that produce microfilariae ... -> Microfilariae
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
produce unsheathed microfilariae ... meal (ingests microfilariae ... ) 6) Microfilariae
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
induced clearance of microfilariae