A 26-year-old volunteer returns to the UK after working in a rural community in Cameroon for 12 months. She reports episodes of transient, migratory s...

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A 26-year-old volunteer returns to the UK after working in a rural community in Cameroon for 12 months. She reports episodes of transient, migratory subcutaneous swellings on her forearms and an episode of a worm crossing her left eye. Blood taken at midday shows sheathed microfilariae with nuclei extending to the tip of the tail. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Loa loa infection

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Wuchereria bancrofti infection

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Brugia malayi infection

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Onchocerca volvulus infection

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Mansonella perstans infection

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Loiasis