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    Wuchereria Bancrofti Brugia Malayi Loa Loa Onchocerca Volvulus Mansonella Perstans Mansonella Ozzardi Dracunculus Medinensis

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    This document summarizes information on 10 different parasitic nematode worms that infect humans. It provides details on the common name, habitat, host, specimen needed for identification, how it is transmitted, periodicity, infective stage, diagnostic stage, pathology, diagnosis, clinical features, vector, morphology, and references for each parasite. The parasites discussed include Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella perstans, Mansonella ozzardi, Dracunculus medinensis and others.

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    This document summarizes information on 10 different parasitic nematode worms that infect humans. It provides details on the common name, habitat, host, specimen needed for identification, how it is transmitted, periodicity, infective stage, diagnostic stage, pathology, diagnosis, clinical features, vector, morphology, and references for each parasite. The parasites discussed include Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella perstans, Mansonella ozzardi, Dracunculus medinensis and others.

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    This document summarizes information on 10 different parasitic nematode worms that infect humans. It provides details on the common name, habitat, host, specimen needed for identification, how it is transmitted, periodicity, infective stage, diagnostic stage, pathology, diagnosis, clinical features, vector, morphology, and references for each parasite. The parasites discussed include Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella perstans, Mansonella ozzardi, Dracunculus medinensis and others.

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    Wuchereria Brugia Loa loa Onchocerca Mansonella Mansonella Dracunculus

    bancrofti malayi volvulus perstans ozzardi medinensis

    COMMON Bancroft’s Malayan African Eye Blinding Acathocheilone Dipetalonema Guinea worm, worm of
    NAME filarial worm filarial worm Worm worm, Gale ma perstans perstans medina, dragon worm,
    filarienne, Frery serpent
    Craw Craw
    HABITAT lymphatic lymphatic Lymph nodes eye wound Lymphatic subtropic to tropical
    system regions, especially in
    India, south-west Asia
    (Iraq, Iran, Pakistan)
    HOST Humans serve mosquito flies blackfly biting midges biting midges dog, horse, cow, wolf,
    as the definitive (genus leopard, monkey, and
    host and Culicoides) baboon
    mosquitos as and blackflies
    the intermediate (genus
    host Simulium)
    SPECIMEN blood blood blood skin biopsy blood blood blood
    MOT bite of an penetrate into repeated bites transmits blood-sucking person-to- drinking unsafe†
    infectious the bite infection flies person stagnant water
    mosquito wound breeds in contaminated by
    rapidly copepods (water fleas)
    flowing
    streams
    PERIODICITY Noctural 8 P.M. Subperiodic Diurnal Diurnal Non-periodic Non-periodic Non-periodic
    to 2 A.M.

    INFECTIVE larvae larvae larvae larvae larvae larvae larvae


    STAGE

    DIAGNOSTIC microfilariae microfilariae microfilariae microfilariae microfilariae microfiliariae microfiliariae


    STAGE
    PATHOLOGY Lymphatic causative caused by Simulium reside in serous poorly represent the guinea
    filariasis caused agents of the filarial blackflies are cavities of the characterized worm (Dracunculus
    by the lymphatic nematode the obligate body and medinensis),
    nematode filariasis intermediate sheathed commonly called the
    (round worm) hosts of O. microfilariae fiery serpent
    volvulus. circulate in the
    blood.
    DIAGNOSIS Search for One of the a medical performed finding of finding of simply by seeing the
    microfilaria three professional using a microfilariae microfilariae worm exit the body
    causative will look the sclerocorneal circulating in circulating in through the blister on
    agents of larvea of the biopsy punch blood blood the skin
    lympathic Loa loa worm
    filariasis in in the blood
    humans

    CLINICAL asymptomatic filarial episodic a papular rash unsheathed and unsheathed The females measure
    FEATURES nematodes in angioedema known as measure 180— and measure up to 120 cm long and
    cross-section (Calabar onchodermati 240 µm by 3— 160—205 µm 2 mm wide and the
    swellings) tis may be 5 µm in stained males 2 cm.
    and present blood smears
    subconjunctiv and 200—
    al migration 255 µm in
    of adult 2% formalin.
    worms
    (eyeworm)
    VECTOR mosquito mosquito Nematode Simulium midges nematode cope pod
    worm blackflies

    MORPHOLGY Transparent Long and sexually Microfiliaria unsheathed and the tail tapers Guinea-worms develop
    OF PARASITE worm slender dimorphic, are usually measure 180— to a point and through four larval
    which means 300x8 240 µm by 3— the nuclei end stages prior to the
    the males and micrometers 5 µm well before formation of large
    females of long the end of the adult worms; eggs are
    these worms tail, which is not produced. First-
    have different usually bent stage larvae appear as
    physical in a small thin white tubular
    characteristic hook-like stages measuring up to
    s shape 400µm in length and
    having a rhabditiform
    pharynx.

    REFERENCE:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    sciencetech.com
    National Library of Medicine

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