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... Reproduction: sexual, dimorphic In host: female worms birth 1000+ embryo/day Embryos to larvae that move through blood Taken up by insect vectors, new larvae forms Mature in new host - location varies with disease ...
... Reproduction: sexual, dimorphic In host: female worms birth 1000+ embryo/day Embryos to larvae that move through blood Taken up by insect vectors, new larvae forms Mature in new host - location varies with disease ...
Chapter 29 - Nematodes: Filaroidea
... • Because their movement is often visible beneath the conjunctival epithelium, these parasites are known as African eye worms • Humans and baboons are the only definitive hosts for Loa loa • The microfilariae are diurnal in the peripheral blood, retreating to the capillaries of the lungs at night • ...
... • Because their movement is often visible beneath the conjunctival epithelium, these parasites are known as African eye worms • Humans and baboons are the only definitive hosts for Loa loa • The microfilariae are diurnal in the peripheral blood, retreating to the capillaries of the lungs at night • ...
Filariae
... adenolymphangitis (also called filarial fever), and chronic lymphatic obstruction. Asymptomatic microfilaremia is the most common outcome of Wuchereria and Brugia infections. There is, however, almost uniform underlying lymphatic damage and impaired lymphatic function. With loiasis, persons from non ...
... adenolymphangitis (also called filarial fever), and chronic lymphatic obstruction. Asymptomatic microfilaremia is the most common outcome of Wuchereria and Brugia infections. There is, however, almost uniform underlying lymphatic damage and impaired lymphatic function. With loiasis, persons from non ...
Leadership Styles
... 2. The acute symptomatic stage in which some swelling of the extremities may occur and this may be accompanied by pain, weakness of arms and legs, headache, insomnia. Fever is usually not present. 3. There is a period of recovery which is permanent if reinfection does not occur. 4. If there is conti ...
... 2. The acute symptomatic stage in which some swelling of the extremities may occur and this may be accompanied by pain, weakness of arms and legs, headache, insomnia. Fever is usually not present. 3. There is a period of recovery which is permanent if reinfection does not occur. 4. If there is conti ...
Loa loa filariasis
Loa loa filariasis (also known as loiasis, loaiasis, Calabar swellings, Fugitive swelling, Tropical swelling and African eyeworm) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm, Loa loa. Humans contract this disease through the bite of a Deer fly or Mango fly (Chrysops spp), the vectors for Loa loa. The adult Loa loa filarial worm migrates throughout the subcutaneous tissues of humans, occasionally crossing into subconjunctival tissues of the eye where it can be easily observed. Loa loa does not normally affect one's vision but can be painful when moving about the eyeball or across the bridge of the nose. The disease can cause red itchy swellings below the skin called ""Calabar swellings"". The disease is treated with the drug diethylcarbamazine (DEC), and when appropriate, surgical methods may be employed to remove adult worms from the conjunctiva.