Filaria Flashcards
W. Bancrofti
Mosquitoes
Anopheles, culex, aedes
Causes lymphatic filariasis occasionally terminating in
Elephantiasis
B. Malayi
Mosquitoes
Mansonia
Bancrofti affect
Legs
Arms
Vulva
Breast
B. Timori affects
Genitals
Lymphatic filariasis
Wuchereria bancrofti
Brugia malayi
Lymphatic filariasis
Diagnosis
Giemsa - identifying microfilariae
Bancrofti microfilariae circulate preferentially from
10pm -2am
Lymphatic filariasis
Treatment
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Diethylcarbamaxine citrate ( hetrazan)
Lymphatic filariasis
Gooddrug of choice for killing adult filarial worms are
Albendazole - broad spectrum antihelmentics
Ivermectin
Lymphatic filariasis
Diagnosis
Bood examination for microfilariae
Serology
Antigen capture
Loa loa
Produces
Loiasis
Fugitive
Calabar swelling
Loa loa
Also known as
Eye worm of africa
Loa loa
Definitive host
Man
Loa loa
Intermediate host
Deerfly genus chrysops