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

Microfilariae of Mansonella ozzardi are unsheathed and measure 160-205 µm in stained blood smears and 200-255 µm in 2% formalin.  The tail tapers to a point and the nuclei end well before the end of the tail.  The end of the tail is also bent in a small hook-like shape.  Microfilariae circulate in blood.

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A, B: Microfilariae of M. ozzardi in thick blood smears, stained with Giemsa.

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C, D: Microfilariae of M. ozzardi in thick blood smears, stained with Giemsa.  Note the hook-like end to the tail in Figure D.