uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Mansonella streptocerca Identification

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HardParasitology & EntomologyMansonella streptocerca Identificationuk-dtmh

A laboratory receives a skin snip from a patient in Cameroon. The sample is incubated in saline at room temperature for 24 hours. Microfilariae emerge and are examined under the microscope. They are unsheathed, and the tail has a characteristic shepherd's crook shape with nuclei extending into the hooked tip. Which organism is this?

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