Mansonella ozzardi: a neglected New World filarial nematode [PDF]
Pathogens and Global 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).
Marcelo U Ferreira
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Improvement of a PCR test to diagnose infection by Mansonella ozzardi [PDF]
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 +8 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001 Mansonella ozzardi, a relatively non pathogenic filarial parasite of man in Latin America, is transmitted by either ceratopogonid midges or simuliid blackflies. In the only known focus of the disease in north-western Argentina the vectors have never been
AJ Shelley, S Coscarón
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Crypto-periodicity in Mansonella ozzardi [PDF]
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1983 Studying nycthemeral microfilarial density in eight carriers of Mansonella ozzardi, Nathan et al. concluded that there is an absence of periodicity in M. ozzardi in Trinidad. Re-examination of the results obtained shows evidence of crypto-periodicity. Two of the eight patients showed highly significant periodicity but the biorhythms appear to be almost
Pichon, Gaston, Gaston Pichon
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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
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Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in the riverine population of the Tefé River, State of Amazonia, Brazil [PDF]
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.
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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.
Dantur Juri MJ +4 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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Current profile of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in communities along the Ituxi river, Lábrea municipality, Amazonas, Brazil [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008 The objective of this paper was to describe the current status of Mansonella ozzardi prevalence among the inhabitants of 12 communities along the Ituxi river, in Lábrea municipality, state of Amazonas. The prevalence of M.
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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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