It ' s Finally Here - Filariasis Month with Idzi Potters! Case of the Week 739

Dear Readers,Welcome to Filariasis Month! We will actually have TWO months of filariae for you as there are so many to cover and so many beautiful cases by Idzi and theInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.Idzi and I thought that we should start out with an ' easy ' one. The following objects were seen on a blood smear from a patient living in Gabon. What is your identification? Bonus question: what additional laboratory test is important for guiding treatment?Giemsa stained blood films:Carazzi stain, thin blood film:
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