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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
During August 2010–December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M.
Richard O. Phillips, Michael Frimpong, Fred S. Sarfo, Birte Kretschmer, Marcus Beissner, Alexander Debrah, Yaw Ampem-Amoako, Kabiru M. Abass, William Thompson, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Justice Abotsi, Ohene Adjei, Bernhard Fleischer, Gisela Bretzel, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Marc Jacobsen   +15 more
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Molecular Verification of New World Mansonella perstans Parasitemias

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
We obtained ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequences from residents of Amazonas state, Brazil, with Mansonella parasitemias. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences confirm that M. ozzardi and M.
Lucyane Bastos Tavares da Silva, James Lee Crainey, Túllio Romão Ribeiro da Silva, Uziel Ferreira Suwa, Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente, Jansen Fernandes de Medeiros, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz   +7 more
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Ampliación de la distribución geográfica de Mansonella Ozzardi en la República de Colombia

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 1963
Se amplia la distribución geográfica de Mansonella ozzardi en la República de Colombia, a los departamentos de Antioquia y Chocó y a la comisaría del Amazonas.
Augusto Corredor Arjona
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RETRACTED: Mansonella, including a Potential New Species, as Common Parasites in Children in Gabon. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundLike other tropical African countries, Gabon is afflicted by many parasitic diseases, including filariases such as loiasis and mansonellosis.
Gaël Mourembou, Florence Fenollar, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Angelique Ndjoyi Mbiguino, Sydney Maghendji Nzondo, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Rella Zoleko Manego, Cyrille Herve Bile Ehounoud, Fadi Bittar, Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov   +10 more
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Nested PCR to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans in the Amazon Region [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
We present filaria-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which is based on amplification of first internal transcribed spacer rDNA to distinguish three parasitic filarial species (Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardiand Mansonella perstans) that can
Thuy-Huong Ta Tang, Rogelio López-Vélez, Marta Lanza, Anthony John Shelley, Jose Miguel Rubio, Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz   +5 more
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Localisation vaginale de Mansonella perstans: à propos d'un cas au centre hospitalier universitaire de Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso [PDF]

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012
Mansonella perstans est une filaire dont les adultes sont localisation péritonéale et les microfilaires'sanguine, qui sévit principalement en Amérique Equatoriale et aux bords de rivières, de plages en Afrique tropicale humide.
Sanata Bamba, Fatou Barro-Traoré, Martine Liance, Cathy Chemla, Charles Sanou, Olo Da, Tinga Robert Guiguemdé   +6 more
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Tratamiento com levamisol de la infeccion por Mansonella ozzardi

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1986
La administración de levamisol a la dosis para adultos, de 150 mg durante 2 a 3 meses, estuvo asociada la disminución y finalmente a la desaparición de microfilarias circulantes de Mansonella ozzardi. No se presentaron reacciones secundarias a la droga y
Marcos Restrepo, Nubla Ochoa
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Epidemiological studies of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) in indigenous communities of Pauini municipality, Amazonas, Brazil Estudos epidemiológicos da Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) em comunidades indígenas do município de Pauini, Amazonas, Brasil [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2007
The Mansonella ozzardi has a widespread distribution among the indigenous and riverine communities of Amazonas, Brazil. We estimated the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi in indigenous communities of the Pauini municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil and the
Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Victor Py-Daniel, Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa, Emanuelle de Souza Farias   +3 more
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Ivermectin-related adverse clinical events in patients treated for Mansonella ozzardi infections Efectos clínicos adversos relacionados con ivermectina en pacientes tratados por infecciones con Mansonella ozzarddi [PDF]

Revista Argentina de Microbiología, 2011
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, Silvana P. Cajal, Carlos Villalpando, José F. Gil   +3 more
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Detection of in peripheral blood in two malaria-endemic areas in Panama

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022
Introduction: Studies conducted in 1984 demonstrated the presence of Mansonella ozzardi in the Darien and Colon provinces. Since then, there have not been further reports of this parasitic infection in Panama.
José Antonio Suarez, Dianik Moreno, Juan Miguel Pascale, Lorena Romero, Nestor Sosa, Fergie Ruiz, Rodrigo DeAntonio, Alberto Cumbrera, Carlos Franco-Paredes, José Anel González   +9 more
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