Microfiliria Flashcards
also known as african eye worm
loa loa
vector of loa loa
chrysops (deer flies)
seen during daytime/ common during rainy seasons
diurnal periodicity
diagnostic stage of loa loa
microfilaria
disease caused by loa loa
loiasis
considered as an ntd
onchocerca volvulus
onchocherca volvulus disease
river blindness
disease caused by onchocerca
onchocerciasis
test for onchocerciasis
mazzoti test
test for loa loa
knotts test
doc of onchocerna
ivermectin
doc of loa loa
diethyl carbamazine/albendazole
also known as dipetalonema perstans
mansonella perstans
vector of mansonella perstans
culicoides
common in central and northern south america
mansonella ozzardi
vectors of mansonella ozzardi
culicoides and simulium
doc of mansonella ozzardi
ivermectin
common in Ghana
mansonella streptocerca
tail usually curverd; Sheperd’s crook
mansonella streptocerca
doc of mansonella streptocerca
ivermectin
common name of Wuchereria bancrofti
Bancroft’s filaria
vector of Wuchereria bancrofti (urban)
Culex
vector of Wuchereria bacrofti (rural)
anopheles
vector of Wuchereria bacrofti (pacific)
aedes
also kown as malayan filariasis
Brugia malayi
vector of brugia malayi
mansonia filariasis
doc for bancrofti and malayi
diethylcarbamazine