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Mansonelosis by Mansonella ozzardi in volunteers undergoing screening for malaria in the peruvian Amazon

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Objectives. To determine the frequency, clinical features, and factors associated with M. ozzardi infection in volunteers of a malaria screening campaign in the district of Alto Nanay in the Amazon jungle of Peru. Materials and methods.
Javier Vargas, Nancy Arróspide, Sonia Gutiérrez, Cristian Obregón, Pedro Valencia, Henry Mormontoy   +5 more
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A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participants. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To assess effects of a combined microfinance and training intervention on HIV risk behavior among young female participants in rural South Africa.
Abramsky, Tanya, Busza, Joanna, Hargreaves, James R, Kim, Julia C, Morison, Linda A, Phetla, Godfrey, Porter, John Dh, Pronyk, Paul M, Watts, Charlotte   +8 more
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CRIOPRESERVAÇÃO PROLONGADA DA MICROFILÁRIA DE MANSONELLA OZZARDI EM CONCENTRADO DE SANGUE PERIFÉRICO HUMANO [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1983
Resumo Microfilária de Mansonella ozzardi, concentrada em sangue humano, congelado com um crioprotetor químico, e estocada a temperaturas de nitrogênio líquido ou líquido na fase vapor eram móveis quando descongeladas após 2½ anos de conservação.
Dale N. Lawrence
doaj   +1 more source

First report of Mansonella sp. and Dipetalonema gracile in the Amazonian city-dwelling threatened primate, Saguinus bicolor

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2023
The pied tamarin, or Saguinus bicolor, is a callitrichid that inhabits Amazon Forest fragments encased within the municipalities of Manaus, Rio Preto da Eva, and Itacoatiara and their outskirts. Therefore, this primate lives in great proximity to humans,
Cindy Alves Dias, Cindy Alves Dias, Túllio Romão Ribeiro da Silva, Marcelo Gordo, David Marcial Fernandez Conga, Natália Aparecida de Souza Lima, Aline Souza de Menezes Medeiros, Edson Rodrigues Costa, Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz, Carlos Henrique Aguiar Costa, Carlos Henrique Aguiar Costa, Carlos Henrique Aguiar Costa, Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente, Thaís Pinto Nascimento, Thaís Pinto Nascimento, Francisca Helena Aguiar-Silva, Francisca Helena Aguiar-Silva, Viviane Costa da Silva, Viviane Costa da Silva, Diogo César Lagroteria, Laerzio Chiesorin Neto, Laerzio Chiesorin Neto, Alessandra Ferreira Dales Nava   +22 more
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Update on the distribution of Mansonella perstans in the southern part of Cameroon: influence of ecological factors and mass drug administration with ivermectin [PDF]

, 2016
Overview of gender distribution and median age in study sites. Out of 14,293 (6,746 males and 7,547 females) individuals involved in the study, 52.8 % were females.
Achim Hoerauf, Armand Seraphin Nkwescheu, Charity Nya Njeshi, Dizzle Bita Tayong, Fabrice R. Datchoua Poutcheu, Fanny Fri Fombad, Jonas Arnaud Kengne-Ouafo, Laura E. Layland, Manuel Ritter, Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia, Peter A. Enyong, Samuel Wanji, Winston Patrick Chounna Ndongmo   +12 more
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Plasmodium vivax and Mansonella ozzardi co-infection in North-Western Argentina [PDF]

, 2013
A case of co-infection with Plasmodium vivax and Mansonella ozzardi was detected in a blood sample from a person who had shown symptoms of malaria and lived in a city that was close to the Argentina/Bolivia border.
Dantur Juri, Maria Julia, Galante, Guillermina Begoña, Ortega, Eugenia Silvana, Veggiani Aybar, Cecilia Adriana, Zaidenberg, Mario   +4 more
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Mansonella (E.) Rotundicapita sp.n. and Mansonella (E.) Longicapita sp.n. [PDF]

Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 1984
Mansonella (E.) longicapita sp. n. and Mansonella (E.) rotundicapita sp. n., two filarial nematodes from the dermis of Venezuelan capybaras, are described. The two species can be distinguished on the size of the spicules (M. longicapita 327 and 139 micron, ratio of 2.3 : 1 ; M.
M L, Eberhard, I, Campo-Aasen, T C, Orihel   +2 more
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The Population Biology and Transmission Dynamics of Loa loa [PDF]

, 2017
Endemic to Central Africa, loiasis – or African eye worm (caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa) – affects more than 10 million people. Despite causing ocular and systemic symptoms, it has typically been considered a benign condition, only of public ...
Basáñez, M-G, Boussinesq, M, Chesnais, C B, Pion, S D S, Walker, M, Whittaker, C   +5 more
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Importância do método de gota espessa de sangue no diagnóstico de filárias simpátricas no Amazonas, Brasil The importance of thick blood film method for sympatric filarial diagnosis in Amazon basin

Acta Amazonica, 2010
Esse trabalho relata os métodos de diagnósticos para filárias humanas no sangue, referindo-se a importância do método de gota espessa em relação aos métodos de filtração em membrana de policarbonato e Knott na diferenciação das espécies de microfilárias,
Jansen F Medeiros, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Marilaine Martins   +2 more
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Mansonella ozzardi corneal lesions in the Amazon: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To characterise and confirm the presence of Mansonella ozzardi microfilariae in the cornea by biomicroscopy and corneal confocal microscopy.Design: Cross-sectional study.Settings: Clinical practice study in patients from rural communities in ...
Belfort, Rubens, Cohen, Jacob Moyses, Cohen, Marcos Jacob, Martins, Marilaine, Vianna, Lucas Monferrari Monteiro   +4 more
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