The followup crossword puzzle to the previous filariasis clinical case study is shown below. As always please feel free to use this as a learning tool or review.
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Across
3) The vector for transmission of Loa loa is the …
4) Adult filarial worms in filariasis causing elephantiasis cause obstruction and damage to this system …
7) M. ozzardi, M. perstans, M. streptocerca, and O. volvulus morphologically do not have a ….
8) Onchocerca volvulus is a major cause of this in parts of Africa where it is endemic …
9) Brugia timori has a sheath that tends to stain …
11) Extreme limb swelling or swelling of extremities is called
13) This bacteria is crucial to the filarial worms survival and reproduction
16) These two drugs … can be added to the primary drug of choice for more effective treatment. They are Albendazole and …
17) The vector for M. streptocerca and M. perstans is the …
18) This genus of filarial worm is best known as African Eye Worm …
19) Two terminal nuclei are distinctly separated from the other nuclei in the tail of Brugia …
20) Black flies are the vectors for Onchocerca …
21) Loa loa is infections will produce these type of swellings … especially around joints.
22) The majority of the clinically significant filarial worms have sheaths and there are _ _ _ _ of them
23) This is a common white blood cell differential finding in filarial infections
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1) Filariasis affecting patients can cause the skin to become thickened and compromised leading to secondary …
2) Acronym for the primary drug used against filarial infections that kills adults in the lymphatics and reduces microfilaria in the blood
3) The primary drug of choice in treating B. malayi is …
5) Brugia Malawi is distributed throughout Southeast ….
6) Loa loa is distributed in Central and West Africa where there are dense …
10) Brugia timori is distributed in the Lesser Sunda Islands of ….
12) Elephantiasis is most pronounced in filariasis due to Wuchereria ….
14) Name given to the larval form of a filarial nematode
15) This antibiotic is effective in killing the bacteria that filarial worms rely on for reproduction and survival.
17) Brugia malayi vector is the …