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Coinfección por dos filarias (Loa loa y Mansonella perstans) en una paciente proveniente de Guinea

Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra, 2010
Presentamos un caso de una infección mixta por 2 filarias (Loa loa y Mansonella perstans). La infección se sospechó, al aparecer, por una marcada eosinofilia en una analítica de rutina.
A. Gil-Setas, M. Pérez-Salazar, A. Navascués, F. Rodríguez Eleta, J.A. Cebamanos, M.T. Rubio   +5 more
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Field evaluation of DNA detection of human filarial and malaria parasites using mosquito excreta/feces.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
We recently developed a superhydrophobic cone-based method for the collection of mosquito excreta/feces (E/F) for the molecular xenomonitoring of vector-borne parasites showing higher throughput compared to the traditional approach.
Corrado Minetti, Nils Pilotte, Michael Zulch, Tiago Canelas, Edward J Tettevi, Francis B D Veriegh, Mike Yaw Osei-Atweneboana, Steven A Williams, Lisa J Reimer   +8 more
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Urine metabolites for the identification of Onchocerca volvulus infections in patients from Cameroon

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background The tropical disease onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by Onchocerca volvulus filarial nematodes, is targeted for elimination by mass treatment with nematocidal and antimicrobial drugs. Diagnosis of O.
Vera Wewer, Helga Peisker, Katharina Gutbrod, Mazen Al-Bahra, Dirk Menche, Ngongeh Glory Amambo, Fanny F. Fombad, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Kenneth Pfarr, Samuel Wanji, Achim Hoerauf, Peter Dörmann   +11 more
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Application of metagenomic shotgun sequencing to detect vector-borne pathogens in clinical blood samples.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BACKGROUND:Vector-borne pathogens are a significant public health concern worldwide. Infections with these pathogens, some of which are emerging, are likely under-recognized due to the lack of widely-available laboratory tests.
Prakhar Vijayvargiya, Patricio R Jeraldo, Matthew J Thoendel, Kerryl E Greenwood-Quaintance, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, M Rizwan Sohail, Nicholas Chia, Bobbi S Pritt, Robin Patel   +8 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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The occurrence of Mansonella perstans among residents of Calabar metropolis in Cross River State of Nigeria [PDF]

, 2015
The occurrence of Mansonella perstans was studied among people who had resided in Calabar metropolis for at least one year prior to the time of this study, which lasted from February to August, 2011.
Mbah, M., Achi, E., Akpan, S.S.
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Migratory phase of Litomosoides sigmodontis filarial infective larvae is associated with pathology and transient increase of S100A9 expressing neutrophils in the lung.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Filarial infections are tropical diseases caused by nematodes of the Onchocercidae family such as Mansonella perstans. The infective larvae (L3) are transmitted into the skin of vertebrate hosts by blood-feeding vectors.
Gregory Karadjian, Frédéric Fercoq, Nicolas Pionnier, Nathaly Vallarino-Lhermitte, Emilie Lefoulon, Adélaïde Nieguitsila, Sabine Specht, Leo M Carlin, Coralie Martin   +8 more
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Molecular evidence of Wolbachia endosymbiosis in Mansonella perstans in Gabon, Central Africa

, 2014
The discovery of obligatory intracellular bacteria of the genus Wolbachia in filariae infecting humans led to the use of antibiotics as a potent treatment option.
Kreidenweiss, Andrea, Grobusch, Martin P., Antony, Justin S., Bélard, Sabine, Gehringer, Christian, Flamen, Arnaud   +5 more
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Filarial disease in the Brazilian Amazon and emerging opportunities for treatment and control

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Following 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.
Cleudecir Siqueira Portela, Cláudia Patrícia Mendes de Araújo, Patrícia Moura Sousa, Carla Letícia Gomes Simão, João Carlos Silva de Oliveira, James Lee Crainey   +5 more
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No evidence of Wolbachia endosymbiosis with Loa loa and Mansonella perstans

, 2003
Endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria from different filarial species, including major pathogens of humans such as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Onchocerca volvulus, seem to play an important role in the development, viability and fertility of these
Kremsner, P. G., Autenrieth, I., Kombila, M., Grobusch, M. P., Mehlhorn, H.   +4 more
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