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[Brugia malayi] [Brugia timori] [Dirofilaria spp.] [Loa loa] [Mansonella ozzardi] [Mansonella perstans] [Mansonella streptocerca] [Onchocerca volvulus] [Wuchereria bancrofti]

It is not uncommon in endemic areas for patients to be infected with more than one species of filarial worm.  These infections most-commonly involve a species of Mansonella and another genus, or multiple species of Mansonella.

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A: Mixed filariases of Loa loa (left) and Mansonella perstans (right) in a thick blood smear from a patient from Cameroon, stained with Giemsa.