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periodicity — Tendency to recurrence at regular intervals. diurnal p. a circadian rhythm with primary expression of the p. during daylight hours, as in the release of microfilariae of Loa loa into the peripheral blood during the day, with far fewer released at … Medical dictionary
Mansonella perstans — Loa loa (right) and M. perstans (left) Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Loa loa filariasis — Infobox Disease Name = Loa loa Caption = Loa loa microfilaria. Source: Arcari et al. DiseasesDB = 7576 ICD10 = ICD10|B|74|3|b|65 ICD9 = ICD9|125.2 ICDO = eMedicineSubj = derm eMedicineTopic = 888 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|med|794 MeshID =… … Wikipedia
Brugia malayi — Taxobox name = Brugia malayi image width = 240px image caption = B. malayi , blood smear, Giemsa stain. regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea ordo = Spirurida familia = Filariidae genus = Brugia species = B. malayi binomial =… … Wikipedia
Wuchereria bancrofti — Taxobox | name = Wuchereria bancrofti image width = 250px image caption = Microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti, from a patient seen in Haiti. Thick blood smears stained with hematoxylin. regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea… … Wikipedia
filariasis — Presence of filariae in the tissues of the body or in blood (microfilaremia) or tissue fluids (microfilariasis), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; living worms cause minimal tissue reaction, which may be asymptomatic, but death of… … Medical dictionary
