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 | Media file 1: Filariasis. This figure displays the life cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti in humans and mosquito vectors (ie, Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia species). Life cycles of other lymphatic nematodes (ie, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori) are identical, while the life cycles for other filariae differ in the body location of adult worms, the microfilariae present, and the arthropod intermediate hosts and vectors. |
 | Media file 2: Filarial abscess scar on the left upper thigh in a young male who is positive for Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae |
 | Media file 3: Lymphatic filariasis resulting from Wuchereria bancrofti infection, which is causing limb lymphoedema, inguinal lymphadenopathy, and hydrocele. Photograph taken by Professor Bruce McMillan and donated by John Walker, MD. |
 | Media file 4: Filariasis. Unilateral left lower leg elephantiasis secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a boy. |
 | Media file 5: Filariasis. This is a close-up view of the unilateral lower leg elephantiasis shown in Image 4. Note the lymphedema and typical skin appearance of depigmentation and verrucosities (warty changes). |
 | Media file 6: Filariasis. Lateral view of the right outer aspect of a leg affected by gross elephantiasis secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti infection. |
 | Media file 7: Filariasis. Inner aspect of the lower leg of the male patient in Image 6, showing gross elephantiasis secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti infection. |
 | Media file 8: Filariasis. Unilateral left hydrocele and testicular enlargement secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a man who also was positive for microfilariae. |
 | Media file 9: Filariasis. Bilateral hydrocele, testicular enlargement, and inguinal lymphadenopathy secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a man who also was microfilaremic. |
 | Media file 10: Filariasis. Adult worms of Wuchereria bancrofti in cross section isolated from a testicular lump. |
 | Media file 11: Filariasis. Microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in a peripheral blood smear. |
 | Media file 12: Filariasis. Appearance of microfilariae after concentration of venous blood with a Nuclepore filter. |
 | Media file 13: Filariasis. Onchocercomas of the forearm skin (sowda) in a Sudanese man. |
 | Media file 14: Filariasis. Adult Onchocerca volvulus contained within onchocercomas of the skin. |
 | Media file 15: Filariasis. Microfilariae of Loa loa detected in skin snips. |
 | Media file 16: Filariasis. Microfilariae of Mansonella perstans in peripheral blood. |
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Keywords
filariasis, bancroftian filariasis, elephantiasis, hanging groins, leopard skin, river blindness, sowda, loaiasis, loiasis, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, TPE, adenolymphangitis, ADL
