uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Bancroftian Filariasis

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ModerateParasitology & EntomologyBancroftian Filariasisuk-dtmh

A Knott's concentration test is performed on a blood sample taken at midnight from a patient in Bihar, India with recurrent fevers and progressive swelling of the left leg. Microfilariae are identified that are sheathed with nuclei that do NOT extend to the tail tip. The tail has a pointed, nucleus-free zone. What is the causative organism?

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