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Whole genome analysis of two sympatric human Mansonella: Mansonella perstans and Mansonella sp “DEUX” [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionMansonella species are filarial parasites that infect humans worldwide. Although these infections are common, knowledge of the pathology and diversity of the causative species is limited.
Miriam Rodi, Caspar Gross, Thaisa Lucas Sandri, Thaisa Lucas Sandri, Lilith Berner, Marina Marcet-Houben, Marina Marcet-Houben, Ersoy Kocak, Michaela Pogoda, Michaela Pogoda, Nicolas Casadei, Nicolas Casadei, Carsten Köhler, Carsten Köhler, Andrea Kreidenweiss, Andrea Kreidenweiss, Andrea Kreidenweiss, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Stephan Ossowski, Jana Held, Jana Held, Jana Held   +26 more
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Imported Mansonella perstans infection in Spain [PDF]

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Mansonella perstans infection can be considered one of the most neglected tropical infectious diseases. Very few studies have reported on the clinical picture caused by infection with this nematode.
Sabino Puente, Mar Lago, Mercedes Subirats, Ismael Sanz-Esteban, Marta Arsuaga, Belén Vicente, Montserrat Alonso-Sardon, Moncef Belhassen-Garcia, Antonio Muro   +8 more
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Molecular Verification of New World Mansonella perstans Parasitemias [PDF]

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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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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Characterising co-infections with Plasmodium spp., Mansonella perstans or Loa loa in asymptomatic children, adults and elderly people living on Bioko Island using nucleic acids extracted from malaria rapid diagnostic tests. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundRegular and comprehensive epidemiological surveys of the filarial nematodes Mansonella perstans and Loa loa in children, adolescents and adults living across Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea are lacking.
Charlene Aya Yoboue, Salome Hosch, Olivier Tresor Donfack, Etienne A Guirou, Bonifacio Manguire Nlavo, Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba, Carlos Guerra, Wonder P Phiri, Guillermo A Garcia, Tobias Schindler, Claudia A Daubenberger   +10 more
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Wolbachia bacteria in Mansonella perstans isolates from patients infected in different geographical areas: a pilot study from the ESCMID Study Group for Clinical Parasitology [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Mansonella perstans is a vector-borne filarial parasite widely endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, with sporadic cases in Latin America. Infection is often overlooked; treatment is not standardized, and effectiveness of common regimes is difficult ...
Elena Pomari, Denis Voronin, Miriam J. Alvarez-Martinez, Marta Arsuaga, Emmanuel Bottieau, María Pilar Luzón-García, Beatrice Nickel, Jose Miguel Rubio, Joaquín Salas-Coronas, Fernando Salvador, Manuel Jesús Soriano-Pérez, Elena Sulleiro, Lidia Goterris, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Jaap J. van Hellemond, Linda J. Wammes, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Denise Lavezzari, Monica Degani, Stefano Tais, Jana Held, Federico Gobbi, Francesca Tamarozzi   +22 more
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Targeting a highly repetitive genomic sequence for sensitive and specific molecular detection of the filarial parasite Mansonella perstans from human blood and mosquitoes. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundMansonella perstans is among the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases and is believed to cause more human infections than any other filarial pathogen in Africa.
Nils Pilotte, Tamara Thomas, Michael F Zulch, Allison R Sirois, Corrado Minetti, Lisa J Reimer, Steven A Williams, Lori J Saunders   +7 more
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Loa loa and Mansonella perstans microfilaremia in the department of Lékoumou, Republic of Congo [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Loiasis is endemic in the northern and western part of the Republic of Congo. Between 2004 and 2010, surveys were conducted, using the RAPLOA method, in all departments of the Republic of Congo to assess the distribution of loiasis.
Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Jérémy T. Campillo, Ange Clauvel Niama, Sébastien D. S. Pion, François Missamou, Michel Boussinesq, Richard R. Bileckot, Cédric B. Chesnais   +7 more
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Nodding syndrome, a case-control study in Mahenge, Tanzania: Onchocerca volvulus and not Mansonella perstans as a risk factor. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundNodding syndrome (NS) has been consistently associated with onchocerciasis. Nevertheless, a positive association between NS and a Mansonella perstans infection was found in South Sudan. We aimed to determine whether the latter parasite could be
Luís-Jorge Amaral, Dan Bhwana, Athanas D Mhina, Bruno P Mmbando, Robert Colebunders   +4 more
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Diversity of Culicoides in the middle belt of Ghana with Implications on the transmission of Mansonella perstans; a molecular approach [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Culicoides, also known as biting midges, carry pathogens which include Mansonella perstans. Mansonella perstans is a nematode parasite implicated in a number of disease outcomes. Even though a high prevalence of about 75% M. perstans infection
Linda Batsa Debrah, Joseph F. Arthur, Augustine Yeboah, Dorcas O. Owusu, Ernest Adankwah, Isaac Acheampong, Difery Minadzi, Millicent Lamptey, Vera Serwaa Opoku, Wilfred Aniagyei, Monika M. Vivekanandan, Mohammed K. Abass, Amidu Gawusu, Samuel Wanji, Alexander Y. Debrah, Marc Jacobsen, Richard O. Phillips   +16 more
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