Mansonellosis: current perspectives [PDF]
, 2018 Mansonellosis is a filarial disease caused by three species of filarial (nematode) parasites (Mansonella perstans, Mansonella streptocerca, and Mansonella ozzardi) that use humans as their main definitive hosts.
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1992 En 26 asentamientos selváticos del Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, fueron muestreados el 10% o más de sus residentes mediante examen físico, biopsias de piel y toma de sangre periférica.
Clemencia E. Medrano +2 more
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Simuliid blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and Ceratopogonid midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as vectors of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in northern Argentina [PDF]
, 2014 Mansonella ozzardi, a relatively non pathogenic filarial parasite of man in Latin America, is transmitted by either ceratopogonid midges or simuliid blackflies. In the only known focus of the disease in north-western Argentina the vectors have never been
Coscarón, Sixto, Shelley, A.J.
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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.
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Sazonalidade, taxa de paridade e índices de transmissão de Mansonella ozzardi (Manson) (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) por Cerqueirellum argentiscutum (Shelley & Luna Dias) (Diptera: Simuliidae) em uma comunidade do baixo rio Solimões, Amazonas, Brasil [PDF]
, 2004 Mansonella ozzardi is transmitted by two dipterian families, Ceratopogonidae (midges) and Simuliidae (black flies). In Brazil, black flies are vectors for this filariasis until now.
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Hematophagous biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Tefé municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil [PDF]
, 2015 Some species of biting midges are vectors of pathogens that cause disease in vertebrates, including humans. The aim of this study was to survey the biting midge fauna in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
Antonio Marques Pereira Júnior +4 more
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Black Bear Population Health Monitoring in the Southeast [PDF]
, 2023 Recent growth of the American black bear (Ursus americanus) population in the southeast raises concerns about the potential spread of density-dependent diseases among bears, particularly sarcoptic mange.
Riese, Kathleen Elizabeth
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Survey of haemoparasitic infections among Fulani pastoralists in Rivers State [PDF]
, 2016 This investigation was conducted between March 2010 and November 2011, to determine the prevalence and transmission of haemoparasites amongst Fulani pastoralists in six communities of Rivers State, Niger Delta, Nigeria- Ahoada – East, Elele, Eleme ...
Amadi, E.C., Eze, Chinwe N.
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Ocular health of brazilian indigenous populations [PDF]
, 2016 Quanto à saúde ocular indígena, há escassez de relatos de avaliações em índios brasileiros e, por isso, o objetivo deste estudo é apresentar uma contextualização desta situação no Brasil, baseada em revisão da bibliografia.
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