Answer to December 2017 Photo Quiz
2017
Answer: Mansonella perstans. A Wright-Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smear demonstrated an unsheathed microfilaria with nuclei extending to the tip of a blunt tail, characteristic of Mansonella perstans, measuring approximately 100 μm. M. perstans is transmitted by the Culicoides fly, endemic to
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