Blood and Tissue Nematodes

Question 1

Wucheria bancrofti

Answer 1

Bancrofts filaria, microfilaria in blood, sheathed, nuclei do not extend to tip of tail

Question 2

Brugia malayi

Answer 2

Malayan filarial, microfilaria in blood, sheathed, sub terminal and terminal nuclei in tip of tail with gap

Question 3

Loa loa

Answer 3

Eye worm, microfilaria in blood/eye, sheathed, nuclei extend to tip of tail

Question 4

Onchocerca volvulus

Answer 4

River blindness, tissue, unsheathed, tail with no nuclei and tip angled