Loa loa blood smear

Loa loa blood smear

(A) Microfilaria of L. loa in a thin blood smear, stained with Giemsa.
(B) Microfilaria of L. loa in a thick blood smear from a patient from Cameroon, stained with Giemsa. Note the nuclei extending to the tip of the tail to the left of the image.

Reproduced from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. DPDx: Loiasis. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/loiasis/index.html.

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