A 35 years old American photo-journalist back from a trip to Indonesia reports to hospital with acute fever and chronic lymphedema.
Giemsa stain of blood smears are shown below. What is your diagnosis and based on what criteria?
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Image courtesty: DPDx.
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microfilaria w.bancrofti
From my suggestion it is Microfilariae of B. timori ...
this parasite is microfilaria, myself being an anatomist , i m not sure about its species...
velu from theni..
Microfilaria of Brugia timori. Hints: Its sheathed,sheath doesn't stain with Giemsa, and a larger number of single-file nuclei towards the tail.
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