MCQs in Tropical Medicine

Rob Skelly DTM+H FRCP

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High eosinophilia is particularly suggestive of infection with filarial worms or strongyloidiasis.

The vector is Crysops.

The diagnosis is usually made by finding microfilariae in the blood. Adult worms are sometimes (dramatically) seen crossing the eye subconjunctivally. Adult worms are also located in the pathognomonic Calabar swellings.