Zoonotic Mansonella ozzardi in Raccoons, Costa Rica, 2019–2022 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesMansonella ozzardi, a filarioid parasite, causes human mansonellosis in the Americas. We identified raccoons (Procyon lotor) as wildlife reservoirs of M. ozzardi in Costa Rica.
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Mansonella ozzardi parasitic infestation in the orbit [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Lettter to the ...
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High Prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi Infection in the Amazon Region, Ecuador [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We reviewed Giemsa-stained thick blood smears, obtained through the national malaria surveillance program in the Amazon region of Ecuador, by light microscopy for Mansonella spp. microfilariae. Of 2,756 slides examined, 566 (20.5%) were positive.
Manuel Calvopina +4 more
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Detection of in peripheral blood in two malaria-endemic areas in Panama [PDF]
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 +9 more
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Mansonella sp. and associated Wolbachia endosymbionts in ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua) in periurban areas from Midwestern Brazil [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 Coatis (Nasua nasua) are wild carnivorous well adapted to anthropized environments especially important because they act as reservoirs hosts for many arthropod-borne zoonotic pathogens.
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Mansonella ozzardi: a neglected New World filarial nematode. [PDF]
Pathog Glob Health, 2016 Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) is an understudied filarial nematode, originally described by Patrick Manson in 1897, that can be transmitted by two families of dipteran vectors, biting midges (most of them members of the genus Culicoides) and black flies (genus Simulium).
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Epidemiologic survey of Mansonella ozzardi in Corail, Haiti. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2014 An epidemiologic (cross-sectional study) survey on 462 inhabitants in Corail, Haiti showed that 16.5% were infected with Mansonella ozzardi. This finding was determined from a single 20-μL sample of finger prick blood from each person. Among children, < 2% had a detectable microfilaremia.
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Plasmodium vivax and Mansonella ozzardi co-infection in north-western Argentina. [PDF]
Malar J, 2013 تم اكتشاف حالة عدوى مشتركة مع المتصورة النشيطة ومانسونيلا أوزاردي في عينة دم من شخص ظهرت عليه أعراض الملاريا وعاش في مدينة قريبة من الحدود بين الأرجنتين وبوليفيا. تم اكتشاف الحالة خلال مراجعة عشوائية لمسحات سميكة ورقيقة من المرضى الذين تم تشخيص إصابتهم بالملاريا من مختلف البلدات والمدن الواقعة في شمال غرب الأرجنتين بين عامي 1983 و 2001.
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Genetic characterization of atypical Mansonella (Mansonella) ozzardi microfilariae in human blood samples from northeastern Peru. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2012 DNA sequence comparisons are useful for characterizing proposed new parasite species or strains. Microfilariae with an atypical arrangement of nuclei behind the cephalic space have been recently described in human blood samples from the Amazon region of Peru.
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Filarial disease in the Brazilian Amazon and emerging opportunities for treatment and control [PDF]
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne DiseasesFollowing the successful eradication of Wuchereria bancrofti, there are now just three species of conventional microfilaremic human filarial parasites endemic to the Brazilian Amazon region: Mansonella ozzardi, Mansonella perstans and Onchocerca volvulus.
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