Onchocerca volvulus – Smear from a skin snip (MGG stain)

France, CHU Angers Parasitologie-Mycologie

Viviparous adult females shed into nodules (onchocercomas) unsheathed embryos that are 300 µm long X 8 µm wide. Notice in this dermal microfilaria the large cephalic tip, without any terminal nucleus.