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We report the occurrence of serious reactions after treatment with oral ivermectin in two patients with Mansonella ozzardi infections. Both had systemic and respiratory symptoms and recovered without sequelae.
Alejandro J. Krolewiecki +3 more
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Multiple filarial species microfilaraemia: a comparative study of areas with endemic and sporadic onchocerciasis [PDF]
Background & objectives: The study was aimed at determining the pattern of co-occurrence of species ofmicrofilaraemia between onchocerciasis endemic and sporadic populations.Methods: From every consenting person of one year and above, 50 μl of day and ...
Emmanuel Uttah & Dominic C. Ibeh
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Out-of-phase circadian biorhythms in gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum [PDF]
The individual circadian periodicity in eight hosts of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes is studied in Senegal. The average time series does not present any periodicity.
Boudin, Christian +3 more
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Reporte de cuatro casos clínicos de filariasis en Alto Nanay, Loreto
El presente estudio describe los hallazgos clínicos, parasitológicos y de laboratorio de cuatro pacientes residentes en el distrito de Alto Nanay, Maynas, Loreto, Perú; infectados con microfilarias de Mansonella ozzardi. La evaluación clínica incluyó las
Javier Vargas-Herrera +9 more
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Mansonella perstans filariasis: failure of albendazole treatment.
Infections with Mansonella perstans are common in certain parts of Africa and South America. There is no standard treatment at present. We evaluated the effect of albendazole on microfilaremia in ten consecutive patients. No decrease in microfilarial counts could be demonstrated after a median follow-up period of 45 days.
Van den Enden, E. +4 more
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Particularités épidémiologiques de l'infection rétrovirale à HTLV-1 en Afrique centrale [PDF]
L'Afrique subsaharienne est le réservoir le plus important de virus HTLV-1, mais son épidémiologie reste très mal connue. Pour y remédier, les auteurs ont étudié - de 1987 à 1990 - la situation qui prévaut dans six états d'Afrique centrale. Les modalités
Delaporte, E. +7 more
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Mansonella ozzardi es un nematode parásito tisular, agente etiológico de mansonellosis en casi la totalidad de los países latinoamericanos. En Argentina la mansonellosis ha sido descrita a lo largo de la región de las yungas.
María F Degese +5 more
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Diagnóstico microscópico y serológico de dirofilariasis en un mono chichico (Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi) [PDF]
Heartworm disease is transmitted by zoo-anthropophylic mosquitoes and represents a disease of great importance to Public Health, since humans develop pulmonary nodular disease, or severe skin and ocular lesions.
Lasso Caicedo, Magaly Carolina
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Clinical manifestations of loiasis in an endemic area in the Congo [PDF]
The functional symptomatology of loiasis was studied in 101 Congolese subjects living in a village in a highly endemic area. 27.7 % of them were carriers of #Loa loa$ microfilariae. 5.9 % were infected with #Mansonella perstans$.
Apembet, J.D. +3 more
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Prevalence of endemic Bancroftian filariasis in the high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria [PDF]
Background & objectives: The study was aimed at determining the prevalence and intensity of Wuchereriabancrofti microfilaraemia in a high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria, and ascertaining the prevalenceof clinical signs and symptoms associated ...
E.C. Utta
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