差分

*microscopic features under Giemsa stain*with or without sheath*stain of sheath*number of nuclei in the tip of tail*position of nuclei in the tip of tail[[file:Schema of microscopic differentials of microfilariae.jpg|left|500px]]Wb = ''Wuchereria bancrofti''  Bm = ''Brugia malayi''  Loa = ''Loa loa''  Mp = ''Mansonella perstans''  Mo = ''Mansonella ozzardi''<div style="clear:both;"></div>''Onchocerca volvuls'' also has NO sheath, NO nuclei in the tail (similar to ''Mansonella ozzardi''), but slightly bulged head with nuclei side by side in it 

{{quote|content=[https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JCM.00706-19 Mathison BA, Couturier R, Pritt S. Diagnostic Identification and Differentiation of Microfilariae. J Clin Microbiol. 2019;57(10):1-13. doi:10.1128/JCM.00706-19]}}