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An Overview of the Management of Mansonellosis. [PDF]

Res Rep Trop Med, 2021
Mansonellosis is caused by three filarial parasite species from the genus Mansonella that commonly produce chronic human microfilaraemias: M. ozzardi, M. perstans and M. streptocerca.
Ta-Tang TH, Luz SLB, Crainey JL, Rubio JM.   +3 more
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Mansonellosis: current perspectives. [PDF]

Res Rep Trop Med, 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.
Ta-Tang TH, Crainey JL, Post RJ, Luz SL, Rubio JM.   +4 more
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Mansonellosis, the most neglected human filariasis. [PDF]

New Microbes New Infect, 2018
Human mansonellosis is caused by M. perstans, M. ozzardi and M. streptocerca, the three main filarial species in the genus Mansonella. Despite accumulating evidence of a high prevalence in endemic areas, there is currently no filariasis control programme targeting mansonellosis.
Mediannikov O, Ranque S.
europepmc   +6 more sources

Characterising co-infections with Plasmodium spp., Mansonella perstans or Loa loa in asymptomatic children, adults and elderly people living on Bioko Island using nucleic acids extracted from malaria rapid diagnostic tests. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022
BACKGROUND: Regular and comprehensive epidemiological surveys of the filarial nematodes Mansonella perstans and Loa loa in children, adolescents and adults living across Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea are lacking.
Yoboue CA, Hosch S, Donfack OT, Guirou EA, Nlavo BM, Ayekaba MO, Guerra C, Phiri WP, Garcia GA, Schindler T, Daubenberger CA.   +10 more
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Diagnostic performance of capillary and venous blood samples in the detection of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans microfilaraemia using light microscopy. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2021
Background Loa loa and Mansonella perstans–the causative agents of loiasis and mansonellosis—are vector-borne filarial parasites co-endemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mischlinger J, Manego RZ, Mombo-Ngoma G, Ekoka Mbassi D, Hackbarth N, Ekoka Mbassi FA, Davi SD, Kreuzmair R, Veletzky L, Hergeth J, Ndoumba WN, Pitzinger P, Groger M, Matsiegui PB, Adegnika AA, Agnandji ST, Lell B, Ramharter M.   +17 more
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High Levels of Community Support for Mansonellosis Interventions in an Endemic Area of the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

Trop Med Infect Dis
Mansonellosis is a chronic infectious tropical disease that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide but is not currently targeted for control. In this study, we interviewed 320 residents from Sao Gabriel do Cachoeira (SGC) about their support for soil transmitted helminth (STH) and mansonellosis interventions.
Suwa UF, Simão CLG, Barbosa UC, Sousa PM, Araújo CPM, Martins M, Crainey JL.   +6 more
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Spatial parasitology and the unmapped human helminthiases. [PDF]

Parasitology, 2023
Helminthiases are a class of neglected tropical diseases that affect at least 1 billion people worldwide, with a disproportionate impact on resource-poor areas with limited disease surveillance.
Schluth CG, Standley CJ, Bansal S, Carlson CJ.   +3 more
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Wolbachia bacteria in Mansonella perstans isolates from patients infected in different geographical areas: a pilot study from the ESCMID Study Group for Clinical Parasitology. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors
Background: Mansonella perstans is a vector-borne filarial parasite widely endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, with sporadic cases in Latin America. Infection is often overlooked; treatment is not standardized, and effectiveness of common regimes is difficult
Pomari E, Voronin D, Alvarez-Martinez MJ, Arsuaga M, Bottieau E, Luzón-García MP, Nickel B, Rubio JM, Salas-Coronas J, Salvador F, Soriano-Pérez MJ, Sulleiro E, Goterris L, Van Esbroeck M, van Hellemond JJ, Wammes LJ, Zammarchi L, Lavezzari D, Degani M, Tais S, Held J, Gobbi F, Tamarozzi F.   +22 more
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Targeting a highly repetitive genomic sequence for sensitive and specific molecular detection of the filarial parasite Mansonella perstans from human blood and mosquitoes. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022
Background: Mansonella perstans is among the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases and is believed to cause more human infections than any other filarial pathogen in Africa.
Pilotte N, Thomas T, Zulch MF, Sirois AR, Minetti C, Reimer LJ, Williams SA, Saunders LJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Colorimetric and Real-Time Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) for Detection of Loa loa DNA in Human Blood Samples. [PDF]

Diagnostics (Basel), 2022
Loiasis, caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa, is endemic in Central and West Africa. Loa loa has been associated with severe adverse reactions in high Loa-infected individuals receiving ivermectin during mass drug administration programs for the ...
Febrer-Sendra B, Fernández-Soto P, Crego-Vicente B, Diego JG, Ta-Tang TH, Berzosa P, Nguema R, Ncogo P, Romay-Barja M, Herrador Z, Benito A, Muro A.   +11 more
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