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Mansonella ozzardi in Amazonas, Brazil: prevalence and distribution in the municipality of Coari, in the middle Solimões River

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
This study investigated some epidemiological aspects of the Mansonella ozzardi in municipality of Coari, Amazonas. Clinical symptoms were correlated with the filarial infection and the parasitic infection rates (PIR) were estimated in simuliid vectors ...
Marilaine Martins, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Maurício Borborema de Medeiros, Edmar Vaz de Andrade, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros   +4 more
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Nested PCR to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans in the Amazon Region

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
We present filaria-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which is based on amplification of first internal transcribed spacer rDNA to distinguish three parasitic filarial species (Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardiand Mansonella perstans) that can
Thuy-Huong Ta Tang, Rogelio López-Vélez, Marta Lanza, Anthony John Shelley, Jose Miguel Rubio, Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz   +5 more
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Mansonella ozzardi in Brazil: prevalence of infection in riverine communities in the Purus region, in the state of Amazonas

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi infection and to estimate the parasitic infection rate (PIR) in simuliid black flies in the municipality of Pauini, Amazonas, Brazil.
Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Victor Py-Daniel, Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa, Thiago Junqueira Izzo   +3 more
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Epidemiological snapshot of the mansonelliasis infection in the Amazonian riverine communities in two contiguous municipalities of Solimões river, Amazonas State, Brazil [PDF]

Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde, 2015
This study was conducted to gather updated information on the occurrence of Mansonella ozzardi in Codajas, and report new information about filaria found in the riverine communities of Coari, Amazonas State, Brazil. The prevalence (thick blood smear) of infection was 9.4% and 22.0% in Codajas and Coari, respectively. Men (17.1%) had a higher prevalence
Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Moreno Souza Rodrigues, Marilaine Martins   +3 more
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Nodding syndrome in Mundri county, South Sudan: environmental, nutritional and infectious factors [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Nodding Syndrome is a seizure disorder of children in Mundri County, Western Equatoria, South Sudan. The disorder is reported to be spreading in South Sudan and northern Uganda.
Opoka, ML, Chungong, S, Spencer, PS, Quarello, A, Palmer, VS, Vandemaele, K, Tumwine, J K, Klaucke, B N, Palmer, V S, Spencer, P S, Ayana, Y, Opoka, M L, Anker, M, Richer, M, Tumwine, JK, Klaucke, BN   +15 more
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Current profile of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in communities along the Ituxi river, Lábrea municipality, Amazonas, Brazil

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.
Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Victor Py-Daniel, Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa, Guilherme Maerschner Ogawa   +3 more
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Environmental factors and the distribution of mansonelliases in Southern Venezuela

Parasite, 2000
The distribution of mansonelliases and their relation to various quantitative criteria were determined through the study of 1,057 subjects in 17 localities in ten regions of Amazonas State and Bolivar State.
Gómez J., Guerrero R.
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Occurrence of Mansonella ozzardi diagnosed using a polycarbonate membrane in a riverside population of Lábrea in the Western Brazilian Amazon

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2016
: INTRODUCTION Mansonella ozzardi is a widely distributed filaria worm in the Amazon region. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of M. ozzardi infection in riverine communities of Lábrea municipality, Amazonas State, Brazil.
Sergio de Almeida Basano, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Gilberto Fontes, Gabriel de Deus Vieira, Juliana Souza de Almeida Aranha Camargo, Luana Janaína Souza Vera, Ricardo de Godoi Mattos Ferreira, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo   +7 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 Uma nova espécie de Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983 (Diptera, Simuliidae) e provável novo vetor de mansonelose no rio Ituxi, Amazonas, Brasil

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
Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros   +2 more
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Ocular manifestations in mansonelliasis

, 2008
OBJETIVOS: Avaliar as alterações oculares observadas em indivíduos com mansonelose residentes na área rural do município de Coari, AM, na região do médio Amazonas.
MARTINS, Marilaine, COHEN, Jacob Moysés, RIBEIRO, Jefferson Augusto Santana   +2 more
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