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

Microfilaria of Brugia timori are sheathed and measure on average 310 µm in stained blood smears and 340 µm in 2% formalin.  Microfilaria of B. timori differ from B. malayi by a having a longer cephalic space, a sheath that does not stain with Giemsa, and a larger number of single-file nuclei towards the tail.  Microfilariae circulate in the blood.

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A, B: Microfilariae of B. timori in a thick blood smear from a patient from Indonesia, stained with Giemsa and captured at 500x oil magnification.  Images from a specimen courtesy of Dr. Thomas C. Orihel, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

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C, D: Microfilariae of B. timori in a thick blood smear from a patient from Indonesia, stained with Giemsa and captured at 500x oil magnification.  Images from a specimen courtesy of Dr. Thomas C. Orihel, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

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E, F: Microfilariae of B. timori in a thick blood smear from a patient from Indonesia, stained with Giemsa and captured at 500x oil magnification.  Images from a specimen courtesy of Dr. Thomas C. Orihel, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.