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A new species of Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983 (Diptera: Simuliidae) and proven new vector of mansonelliasis from the Ituxi River, Amazon basin, Brazil Uma nova espécie de Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983 (Diptera, Simuliidae) e provável novo vetor de mansonelose no rio Ituxi, Amazonas, Brasil

Acta Amazonica, 2008
A new species of the genus Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983 (Diptera: Simuliidae) is described. The adults are similar to the species C. oyapockense (Floch & Abonnenc, 1946) and C. roraimense (Nunes de Mello, 1974), of which the females are similar, and the
Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros   +2 more
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Hypertension persisting after pre-eclampsia: a prospective cohort study at Mulago Hospital, Uganda. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia usually resolves after delivery but sometimes hypertension persists and cardiovascular disease develops later. Our objective was to determine the incidence and maternal socio-demographic and obstetric risk factors for ...
A Moffett, A Moffett, A Nakimuli, AG Euser, AL Tranquilli, Alison M. Elliott, Annettee Nakimuli, Ashley Moffett, B Eskenazi, B Kestenbaum, B Sibai, BJ Wilson, BM Sibai, CJ Berg, CK Chow, CM Lawes, CW Redman, D Kaye, D Mostello, DB Carr, DE Irwin, DW Brown, EB Ndayambagye, ER Norwitz, FB Pipkin, Florence Mirembe, G Libby, GA Dekker, GC Smith, GD Smith, HU Irgens, J Mufunda, JL Kelsey, JT Drost, K Klungsøyr, KS Khan, LS Jónsdóttir, M Beckett, M Knuist, M Noris, MC Brown, MP Martin, N Haapanen, N Lazzarin, O Chazara, P Hannaford, P Parham, P von Dadelszen, PM Galdas, Pontiano Kaleebu, R Mittendorf, RE Harskamp, Roger C. Young, SA Friedman, SD McDonald, SD McDonald, SE Hiby, SE Hiby, T Podymow   +58 more
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Prurit après prise de chloroquine et filarioses [PDF]

, 1989
Une étude des rapports entre le prurit après prise de chloroquine et l'infection par #Mansonella perstans$ filaire sanguine fréquente dans certaines régions mais passant inaperçue car peu pathogène et par #Onchocerca volvulus$ filaire dermique fréquente ...
Coulibaly, A., Delolme, H.G., Houdier, R., Rey, Jean-Loup, Saki, Z., Soro, B., Yao, K.F.   +6 more
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Adrenocortical, autonomic, and inflammatory causes of the metabolic syndrome: nested case-control study. [PDF]

, 2002
BACKGROUND: The causes of metabolic syndrome (MS), which may be a precursor of coronary disease, are uncertain. We hypothesize that disturbances in neuroendocrine and cardiac autonomic activity (CAA) contribute to development of MS.
Andrew, R, Brunner, EJ, Checkley, S, Clarke, P, Hemingway, H, Juneja, M, Kumari, M, Lowe, GDO, Marmot, MG, Page, M, Papadopoulos, A, Rumley, A, Seckl, JR, Shipley, MJ, Stansfeld, SA, Walker, BR   +15 more
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Patent infections with soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni are not associated with increased prevalence of antibodies to the Onchocerca volvulus peptide epitopes OvMP-1 and OvMP-23 [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Ov16 serology is considered a reference method for Onchocerca volvulus epidemiological mapping. Given the suboptimal sensitivity of this test and the fact that seroconversion takes more than a year after infection, additional serological ...
Dana, Daniel, Lagatie, Ole, Levecke, Bruno, Mekonnen Kurmane, Zeleke, Stuyver, Lieven J, Van Dorst, Bieke, Verheyen, Ann, Vlaminck, Johnny   +7 more
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Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in the riverine population of the Tefé River, State of Amazonia, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction: This study assessed the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi in riverine communities of the Tefé River, Amazonas, Brazil. Methods: The prevalence of M. ozzardi was estimated by microscopic examination of thick blood smears.
Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Cristóvão Alves Costa, Alita Moura de Lima, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa   +3 more
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Prevalencia de microfilariasis en la población humana de Iquitos y zonas peri urbanas, Loreto, Perú

Ciencia Amazónica (Iquitos), 2016
Los estudios de filariasis podrían ayudarnos a identificar casos febriles de etiología desconocida en los establecimientos de Salud. Se realizó un estudio epidemiológico, descriptivo, observacional, transversal y prospectivo; determinando la prevalencia ...
Dolores Rimarachín, Francisco Flores, Juan Vásquez, Abraham Rocha, Brett M. Forshey, Amy C. Morrison   +5 more
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Mansonellosis: current perspectives

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2018
Thuy-Huong Ta-Tang,1 James L Crainey,2 Rory J Post,3,4 Sergio LB Luz,2 José M Rubio1 1Malaria and Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; 2Laboratory of Infectious ...
Ta-Tang TH, Crainey JL, Post RJ, Luz SLB, Rubio JM   +4 more
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Improvement of a PCR test to diagnose infection by Mansonella ozzardi

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Mansonelliasis is caused by Mansonella ozzardi. It is widespread in the Amazon region, with a high prevalence. The common exam of thick blood smears stained with Giemsa shows low efficacy levels and has been an obstacle to diagnosing ...
Luana Janaína Souza Vera, Sergio de Almeida Basano, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha Camargo, Andonai Krauze de França, Ricardo de Godoi Mattos Ferreira, Almeida Andrade Casseb, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Gilberto Fontes, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo   +8 more
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Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata : fly densities and infection rates with Loa loa in the Chaillu mountains, Congo Republic [PDF]

, 1990
The densities, infection rates with #Loa loa$, and parous rates of #Chrysops silacea$ and #C. dimidiata$ were studied in various ecological zones throughout the Chaillu mountains in the People's Republic of the Congo. In the rainy season, #C.
Itoua, A., Noireau, François, Nzoulani, A., Sinda, Dominique   +3 more
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