(filariasis) 2nd sem, midterms

• Bancroftian filariasis, also known as?

  wuchereriasis
• Parasite of Bancroftian Filariasis

  Wuchereria Bancrofti
• best time to get the sub periodic form sample (wuchereria)

  2pm and 5pm
• Parasite: Brugia malayi and its disease?

  Malayan filariasis.
• best time to get the periodic(nocturnal) form sample (brugia malayi)

  10 am and 2 am.
• best time to get the subperiodic form sample (brugia malayi)

  9 pm and 11 pm.
• What is the disease for Loa loa?

  Loiasis or also known as eye worm
• What is the disease for Mansonella ozzardi

  Ozzardi filariasis.
• What is the disease for Mansonella perstans?

  Perstans filariasis.
• What is the disease for Onchocerca volvulus

  Onchocerciasis, river blindness, "Sowda."
• What is the disease for Dracunculus medinensis

  Dracontiasis, dracunculosis, guinea worm disease.