DISEASE - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

•adult worms live in lymph nodes for 5-8 yrs. •humid tropics •follows distribution of mosquitoes •thick blood smears taken from the pt @ night reveal the microfilariae •Microfilaria are sheathed in both Brugia & Wuchereria, but can be distinguished by nuclei in the tail: Brugia - 2. Wuchereria - 0 ................
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