section through an onchocercoma, a skin nodule in which adult Onchocerca
volvulis lives. The four somewhat spherical bodies are sections
through a coiled worm. The tiny blue entities inside the worm sections are
microfilaria within the uterus. 40x
enlarge view of a section of an adult Onchocerca volvulis within a skin
nodule, an onchocercoma. The tiny blue spindles are sections through
microfilaria. The vector is the blackfly, Simulium damnosum.
100x