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PREFINAL: THE FILARIAE Flashcards

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blood feeding arthropod vector-borne nematodes

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THE FILARIAE

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LYMPHATIC FILARIAE:

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  1. Wuchereria bancrofti
  2. Brugia malayi
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SUBCUTANEOUS FILARIAE:

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  1. Loa loa
  2. Onchocerca volvulus
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Filariae that causes infection in the
abdomen

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SEROUS CAVITY

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Considered one of the most delabilating diseases that is known in the man

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LYMPHATIC FILARIAE

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Wuchereria bancrofti common name

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Bancroft’s filarial worm

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Wuchereria bancrofti can cause

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Bancroftian filariasis

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creamy white, long and have filiform shaped

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w. bancrofti adult worm

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 270-290 um
 Small snake-like organism
 Moved along red blood cells
 Enclosed in a hyaline sheath, Sheathed
 Sheath of microfilaria is much longer than the microfilaria itself
 When stained, shows dark staining nuclei (important identifying features) and tail end culminates in a point that is free of nuclei

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w. bancrofti MICROFILARIA

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intermediate Hosts of w. bancrofti

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Aedes
Anopheles
Culex

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definitive Host of w. bancrofti

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human

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mot of wuchereria bancrofti

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mosquito bite

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periodicity of wuchereria bancrofti

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nocturnal

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diagnostic stage of w. bancrofti

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Sheathed microfilariae

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infective stage of w. bancrofti

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3rd STAGE LARVAE

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Brugia malayi common name

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malayan filarial worm

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Brugia malayi common name

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malayan filarial worm

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Brugia malayi can cause

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MALAYAN FILARIASIS

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MALE: 13-23 mm in length
 FEMALE: 43-55 mm

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b. malayi adult worm

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  • sheated
    When stained, shows 2 distinct nuclei at the end of the tail
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b. malayi MICROFILARIA

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INTERMEDIATE HOSTS of b. malayi

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Mansonia

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Definitive host of b. malayi

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humans

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PERIODICITY of b. malayi

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nocturnal and subperiodic

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 Can be acquired during childhood
 May take years to manifest itself
 Can be asymptomatic, acute stage or chronic stage
 Lymphatic localization (important for parasite survival)
 Lymph is less aggressive than bloodbecause there is no platelets, no complement system, no coagulation, no granulocytes and less violent

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LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS

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  • parasite induced lymphatic dilatation, common feature of patent infection (parasitic org. can be demonstrated in the body)
  • Lymph node/system dilates
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LYMPHANGIECTASIA

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Growth of lymphatic vessels due to the inducement of proliferation of lymphatic endothelial cells (because of the antigens introduced by filarial parasites)

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LYMPHANGIOGENESIS

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LYMPHANGIOGENESIS can lead to

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LYMPHEDEMA

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swelling of
lymph due to increased lymph fluid

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LYMPHEDEMA

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29
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limbs like elephants

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ELEPHANTIASIS

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 Most common acute manifestation of LF
 Localized pain
 Lymphadenitis or lymphangitis

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ACUTE DERMATOLYMPHANGIOADENITIS (ADLA)

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Most common chronic manifestation of LF
 Most common affected: LOWER LIMBS(but upper limb and male genitalia can be affected also)
 Progression to ELEPHANTIASI

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LYMPHEDEMA

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32
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obstructions of the lymphatic in the
tunica vaginalis

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Formation of HYDROCELE (CHYLOCELE)

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accumulation of fluid or hydrocele fluid (clear or straw colored)

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HYDROCELE

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34
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milky fluid (presence of lymph fluid)
- Accumulates in the sac of the testes of the male patients

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CHYLOCELE

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35
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(common and more severe)

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GENITALS – BANCROFTIAN
FILIARISIS

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(less common and severe)

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GROIN - MALAYAN FILIARIASIS

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 Immunologic hyper-responsiveness to mature/maturing worms
 Typically occurs from foreigners infected by LF from endemic areas

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EXPATRIATE SYNDROME

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(enlargement of lymph nodes)

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LYMPHADENITIS

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(inflammation of lymphatic channels)

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LYMPHANGITIS

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Clinical manifestation is not present and microfilaria is not seen in the blood but microfilaria hides in tissues specifically LUNG TISSUE
 Occult form of FILIARIASIS
 May progress to CHRONIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS and RESPIRATORY FAILURE if untreated
 High titers of IgE (Ig of parasite)

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TROPICAL PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA

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Milky – chyle/lymph fluid leakage

42
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Traditionally accepted procedure
for diagnosis

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MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS of
MICROFILARIA IN THE BLOOD

43
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o Microfilariae in wet/thick blood
smears (8pm-4am due to
NOCTURNAL)
o Knott’s Concentration Method
/Nucleopore Filter – for low
infections
o Chronic Infections may not be
demonstrable in the peripheral
blood cause by low intensity of
infection, dead worms or
obstructive lymphatics due to
increased no. of parasites

44
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8pm to 4am collection

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thick and blood smear for lymphatic filariae

45
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3 mg/kg DEC SINGLE DOSE
o Allows collection during daytime
o Stimulate the microfilaria to migrate in the peripheral circulation and collect blood through blood smears

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DEC/ DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE
PROVOCATIVE TEST

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o PREFERRED
o Antigens from microfilaria
o Latent infections (infections that are delayed/natutulog na parasite)
o Mainly done using IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC CARD TEST
o ANTIGEN DETECTION STRIP (card) TESTS – RDTs (sensitive and specific)

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CIRCULATING FILARIAL ANTIGENS
(CFA)

47
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Growth of mosquito inside the laboratory

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XENOMONITORING OF MOSQUITOES

48
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Growth of mosquito inside the laboratory

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XENOMONITORING OF MOSQUITOES

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MICROSCOPIC COMPARISON using

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STAINED THICK BLOOD FILMS

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MICROSCOPIC COMPARISON using

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STAINED THICK BLOOD FILMS

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Mean length (um) of w. bancrofti

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Mean length (um) of b. malayi

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Cephalic space: breadth of w. bancrofti

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Cephalic space: breadth of b. malayi

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Sheath in Giemsa of w. bancrofti

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Sheath in Giemsa of b. malayi

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Nuclei of w. bancrofti

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Regularly spaced, separately situated

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nuclei of b. malayi

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Irregularly spaced, and overlapping

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tail of w. bancrofti

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Single row of nuclei that does not reach the tail’s end

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tail of b. malayi

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Single row of nuclei that reaches the
tail’s end

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terminal nuclei of w. bancrofti

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terminal nuclei of b. malayi

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2 nuclei, which bulge the cuticle, conspicuously placed

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Appearance in blood film of w. bancrofti

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Smoothly curved

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Appearance in blood film of b. malayi

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Innenkorper length (um) of w. bancrofti

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Innenkorper length (um) of b. malayi

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TREATMENT of LYMPHATIC FILARIAE

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DEC (DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE)
- Drug of Choice
- 6mg/kg for 12 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
- Discover in 1948

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Loa loa common name

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AFRICAN EYE WORM

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Typically white in color and Threadlike appearance

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L. loa ADULT WORM

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 248-300 um
 Sheathed
 When stained, shows tail with continuous end of nuclei (1 nuclei)

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L. loa MICROFILARIA

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DIAGNOSTIC STAGE OF LOA LOA

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 MICROFILARIAE IN BLOOD AND
TISSUES
 ADULT WORMS EXTRACTED

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INFECTIVE STAGE OF LOA LOA:

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3RD STAGE LARVAE

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INTERMEDIATE HOST of l. loa

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CHRYSOPS FLY (DAY BITING FLY)

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DEFINITIVE HOSTS of loa loa

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mot of loa loa

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PERIODICITY of l. loa

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DIURNAL (they can be found during the day)

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Transient subcutaneous swellings

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LOIASIS
 CALABAR/FUGITIVE SWELLINGS

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  • MICROFILARIAE IN GIEMSA STAINED IN BLOOD (10:15 AM – 2:15 PM)
     Extraction of adult worms on body
    locations
     Serologic testing
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BLOOD (DIAGNOSIS)

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treatment of loa loa

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DEC (DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE)
 SURGICAL REMOVAL/EXTRACTION

80
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Onchocerca volvulus common name

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BLINDING FILARIA

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  • Thin and wirelike appearance
     MALE: 25-50 mm
     FEMALE: up to 500 mm
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Onchocerca volvulus ADULT WORMS

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 150-355 um
 Unsheathed (found in tissue only)
 When stained, nuclei do not extend to tip of tail

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MICROFILARIA

83
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Adult filariae can live to the nodules
for approximately____

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LIFE SPAN OF MICROFILARIAE of onchocerca volvulus

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Diagnostic stage of onchocerca volvulus

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MICROFILARIAE IN BLOOD AND
TISSUES

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Infective stage of onchocerca volvulus

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3RD STAGE LARVAE

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INTERMEDIATE HOSTS of onchocerca volvulus

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SIMULIUM (BLACKFLY)

88
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definitive Host of onchocerca volvulus

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mot of onchocerca volvulus

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PERIODICITY OF ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS

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NONPERIODIC (microfilaria circulate in the blood throughout 24 hour period)

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 SKIN: loss of elasticity and nodules
 RIVER BLINDNESS: lesion formation in the eye

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ONCHOCERCIASIS

92
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Uses SLIT LAMP

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OPHTHALMOLOGIC EXAM

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  • MICROFILARIAE IN GIEMSA STAINED TISSUE
  • Tissue biopsy in the infected area –
    SPECIMEN OF CHOICE
  • Obtained with little blood (to avoid
    contamination sample)
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SKIN SNIPS

94
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treatment of onchocerca volvulus

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 IVERMECTIN
 THERAPY CAN BE LONG BECAUSE OF THE ADULT WORM LIFESPAN (15 YEARS)

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