A skin snip taken from the iliac crest of a 50-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of Congo shows unsheathed microfilariae with no nuclei in the...

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A skin snip taken from the iliac crest of a 50-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of Congo shows unsheathed microfilariae with no nuclei in the tail tip. What is the most likely organism?

Accepted Answer

Onchocerca volvulus

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Loa loa

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Wuchereria bancrofti

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Mansonella streptocerca

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Brugia timori

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Onchocerciasis Diagnosis

A skin snip taken from the iliac crest of a 50-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of Congo shows unsheathed microfilariae with no nuclei in the tail tip. What is the most likely organism?