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MANSONELLIASIS: A BRAZILIAN NEGLECTED DISEASE [PDF]
Revista de Patologia Tropical, 2014 Mansonelliasis is a filariasis whose etiological agents are Mansonella ozzardi, Mansonella perstans and Mansonella streptocerca. Only the first two cited species occur in Brazil. M. ozzardi is widely distributed in Amazonas state and it is found along the rivers Solimoes, Purus, Negro and their tributaries while M.
Jansen Fernandes Medeiros +2 more
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A new species of Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983 (Diptera: Simuliidae) and proven new vector of mansonelliasis from the Ituxi River, Amazon basin, Brazil [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2008 A new species of the genus Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983 (Diptera: Simuliidae) is described. The adults are similar to the species C. oyapockense (Floch & Abonnenc, 1946) and C. roraimense (Nunes de Mello, 1974), of which the females are similar, and the males present discrete differences.
Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa +2 more
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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.
Jansen Fernandes Medeiros +3 more
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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, 1987 The taxonomic status of three Amazonian simuliid species, Simulium guianese Wise, S. oyapockense Floch & Abonnenc and S. yarzabali Ramirez Perez is reviewed. Simulium cuasisanguineum Ramirez Perez, Yarzabal & Peterson is synonymized with S.
A. J. Shelley +4 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1985 Um inquérito hemoscópico, conduzido entre indígenas Makuxi, pertencentes a 15 localidades da região nordeste do Território Federal de Roraima, revelou a presença de microfilárias de Mansonella ozzardi em 3,2% das 652 pessoas examinadas.
Mário A. P. Moraes +2 more
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Human filariasis-contributions of the Litomosoides sigmodontis and Acanthocheilonema viteae animal model. [PDF]
Parasitol Res, 2021 Filariae are vector-borne parasitic nematodes that are endemic worldwide, in tropical and subtropical regions. Important human filariae spp. include Onchocerca volvulus, Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia spp., and Loa loa and Mansonella spp.
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Pulmonary localization of Mansonella perstans in a 16 months-old male patient in a tertiary care hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. [PDF]
Germs, 2016 Introduction: Mansonella perstans is a human filarial parasite transmitted by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) belonging to the genus Culicoides and it is widely spread in sub-Saharan Africa.
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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 ...
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