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Successful long-term maintenance of Mansonella perstans in an in vitro culture system [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Approximately 114 million people are infected with Mansonella perstans in large proportions of Africa. In contrast to other filariae that infect humans, M.
Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Manuel Ritter, Winston Patrick Chounna Ndongmo, Chi Anizette Kien, Gandjui Tchamatchoua Victor Narcisse, Fanny Fri Fombad, Dizzle Bita Tayong, Kenneth Pfarr, Laura E. Layland, Achim Hoerauf, Samuel Wanji   +10 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]

Parasit Vectors, 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.
Wanji S, Tayong DB, Layland LE, Datchoua Poutcheu FR, Ndongmo WP, Kengne-Ouafo JA, Ritter M, Amvongo-Adjia N, Fombad FF, Njeshi CN, Nkwescheu AS, Enyong PA, Hoerauf A.   +12 more
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Mansonella perstans microfilaremic individuals are characterized by enhanced type 2 helper T and regulatory T and B cell subsets and dampened systemic innate and adaptive immune responses. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
The filarial nematode Mansonella perstans is endemic throughout Africa, northern South America and the Caribbean. Interestingly, M. perstans-infected individuals present no distinct clinical picture associated with certain pathology.
Manuel Ritter, Winston Patrick Chounna Ndongmo, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Nora Nganyewo Nghochuzie, Lucy Cho Nchang, Dizzle Bita Tayong, Kathrin Arndts, Norman Nausch, Marc Jacobsen, Samuel Wanji, Laura E Layland, Achim Hoerauf   +11 more
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Detection of DNA of filariae closely related to Mansonella perstans in faecal samples from wild non-human primates from Cameroon and Gabon [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The Onchocercidae is a family of filarial nematodes with several species of medical or veterinary importance. Microfilariae are found in the blood and/or the dermis and are usually diagnosed in humans by microscopy examination of a blood ...
Colette Marie Gaillard, Sebastien David Pion, Hadjira Hamou, Constant Sirima, Charlotte Bizet, Thomas Lemarcis, Jules Rodrigues, Amandine Esteban, Martine Peeters, Eitel Mpoudi Ngole, Illich Mombo, Florian Liégeois, Coralie Martin, Michel Boussinesq, Sabrina Locatelli   +14 more
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An Overview of the Management of Mansonellosis [PDF]

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2021
Thuy-Huong Ta-Tang,1 Sergio LB Luz,2 James L Crainey,2 José M Rubio3 1Malaria and NTDs Laboratory, National Centre of Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; 2Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Transmiss ...
Ta-Tang TH, Luz SL, Crainey JL, Rubio JM
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Update on the biology and ecology of Culicoides species in the South-West region of Cameroon with implications on the transmission of Mansonella perstans [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Culicoides (Diptera; Ceratoponidae) are tiny, stout, blood-sucking flies with a near worldwide distribution. When present, they are often considered a biting nuisance but in addition, they are involved in the transmission of pathogens to ...
Samuel Wanji, Dizzle Bita Tayong, Rene Ebai, Vera Opoku, Chi Anizette Kien, Winston Patrick Chounna Ndongmo, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Raymond Nsaidzedze Ghani, Manuel Ritter, Yaw Alex Debrah, Laura E. Layland, Peter A. Enyong, Achim Hoerauf   +12 more
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Genomes of the human filarial parasites Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi [PDF]

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2023
Funding Information: Research funding was provided by New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA to AS, ZL, LE, RM, CP, CC. FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) supported the field research in Brazil through a research grant to ...
Carlow, Clotilde K.S., Ettwiller, Laurence, Ferreira, Marcelo U., Fombad, Fanny F., Li, Zhiru, Lima, Nathália F., Morgan, Richard D., Poole, Catherine B., Sinha, Amit, Wanji, Samuel   +9 more
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Ecological Drivers of Mansonella perstans Infection in Uganda and Patterns of Co-endemicity with Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
BACKGROUND:Mansonella perstans is a widespread, but relatively unknown human filarial parasite transmitted by Culicoides biting midges. Although it is found in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, only few studies have been carried out to deepen the ...
Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, Penelope Vounatsou, Ambrose W Onapa, Jürg Utzinger, Erling M Pedersen, Thomas K Kristensen, Paul E Simonsen   +6 more
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Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Mansonella perstans. [PDF]

Microbiol Resour Announc, 2020
The 13,647-bp complete mitochondrial genome of Mansonella perstans was sequenced and is syntenic to the mitochondrial genome of Mansonella ozzardi . Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genome is consistent with the known phylogeny of ONC5 group filarial nematodes.
Chung M, Aluvathingal J, Bromley RE, Nadendla S, Fombad FF, Kien CA, Gandjui NVT, Njouendou AJ, Ritter M, Sadzewicz L, Tallon LJ, Wanji S, Hoerauf A, Pfarr K, Dunning Hotopp JC.   +14 more
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Epidemiology of concomitant infection due to Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Gabon. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
BACKGROUND: The filarial parasites Loa loa and Mansonnella perstans are endemic in the central and western African forest block. Loa loa is pathogenic and represents a major obstacle to the control of co-endemic filariae because its treatment can cause ...
Jean Paul Akue, Dieudonné Nkoghe, Cindy Padilla, Ghislain Moussavou, Hubert Moukana, Roger Antoine Mbou, Benjamin Ollomo, Eric Maurice Leroy   +7 more
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