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Answers:
Across
3) The vector for transmission of Loa loa is the … [DEERFLY]
4) Adult filarial worms in filariasis causing elephantiasis cause obstruction and damage to this system … [LYMPHATIC]
7) M. ozzardi, M. perstans, M. streptocerca, and O. volvulus morphologically do not have a …. [SHEATH]
8) Onchocerca volvulus is a major cause of this in parts of Africa where it is endemic … [BLINDNESS]
9) Brugia timori has a sheath that tends to stain … [WEAKLY]
11) Extreme limb swelling or swelling of extremities is called [ELEPHANTIASIS]
13) This bacteria is crucial to the filarial worms survival and reproduction [WOLBACHIA]
16) These two drugs … can be added to the primary drug of choice for more effective treatment. They are Albendazole and … [IVERMECTIN]
17) The vector for M. streptocerca and M. perstans is the … [MIDGE]
18) This genus of filarial worm is best known as African Eye Worm … [LOA]
19) Two terminal nuclei are distinctly separated from the other nuclei in the tail of Brugia … [MALAYI]
20) Black flies are the vectors for Onchocerca … [VOLVULUS]
21) Loa loa is infections will produce these type of swellings … especially around joints. [CALABAR]
22) The majority of the clinically significant filarial worms have sheaths and there are _ _ _ _ of them [FOUR]
23) This is a common white blood cell differential finding in filarial infections [EOSINOPHILIA]
Down
1) Filariasis affecting patients can cause the skin to become thickened and compromised leading to secondary … [INFECTIONS]
2) Acronym for the primary drug used against filarial infections that kills adults in the lymphatics and reduces microfilaria in the blood [DEC]
3) The primary drug of choice in treating B. malayi is … [DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE]
5) Brugia Malawi is distributed throughout Southeast …. [ASIA]
6) Loa loa is distributed in Central and West Africa where there are dense … [RAINFOREST]
10) Brugia timori is distributed in the Lesser Sunda Islands of ….. [INDONESIA]
12) Elephantiasis is most pronounced in filariasis due to Wuchereria …. [BANCROFTI]
14) Name given to the larval form of a filarial nematode [MICROFILARIA]
15) This antibiotic is effective in killing the bacteria that filarial worms rely on for reproduction and survival. [DOXYCYCLINE]
17) Brugia malayi vector is the … [MOSQUITO]