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Endemic mansonellosis in Emohua Local Government Area, Nigeria: human parasitaemia and Culicoides biting patterns [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2011
Background & objectives: The study was aimed at elucidating the prevalence and intensity of Mansonellaperstans microfilaraemia in the Emohua Local Government Area, Nigeria, and ascertaining the abundance,circadian, and the annual biting patterns of the ...
E.C. Uttah, S. Etim, C. Okonofua & O.E. Effiom
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Large-scale production of <i>Mansonella perstans</i> infective larvae from engorged <i>Culicoides milnei</i>. [PDF]

Front Trop Dis
BackgroundMansonella perstans is transmitted by Culicoides species and affects hundred millions of inhabitants in about 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Kien CA, Ebai R, Fombad FF, Esofi F, Ntuh AN, Ouam E, Gandjui NVT, Chunda VC, Ekanya R, Nietcho FN, Foyet JV, Nchang LC, Magha C, Njouendou AJ, Enyong P, Hoerauf A, Ritter M, Wanji S.   +17 more
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Update on the distribution of Mansonella perstans in the southern part of Cameroon: influence of ecological factors and mass drug administration with ivermectin [PDF]

, 2016
Overview of gender distribution and median age in study sites. Out of 14,293 (6,746 males and 7,547 females) individuals involved in the study, 52.8 % were females.
Achim Hoerauf, Armand Seraphin Nkwescheu, Charity Nya Njeshi, Dizzle Bita Tayong, Fabrice R. Datchoua Poutcheu, Fanny Fri Fombad, Jonas Arnaud Kengne-Ouafo, Laura E. Layland, Manuel Ritter, Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia, Peter A. Enyong, Samuel Wanji, Winston Patrick Chounna Ndongmo   +12 more
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A large case series of travel-related Mansonella perstans (vector-borne filarial nematode): a TropNet study in Europe [PDF]

, 2022
Mansonella perstans; Travel; TreatmentMansonella perstans; Viaje; TratamientoMansonella perstans; Viatge; TractamentBackground Infection with Mansonella perstans is a neglected filariasis, widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, characterized by an ...
Bottieau, Emmanuel, Rodari, Paola, Salas-Coronas, Joaquin, Salvador Velez, Fernando M, Soriano-Pérez, Manuel Jesús, Tamarozzi, Francesca, Treviño Maruri, Begoña   +6 more
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Genomes of the human filarial parasites Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi [PDF]

, 2023
Funding Information: Research funding was provided by New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA to AS, ZL, LE, RM, CP, CC. FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) supported the field research in Brazil through a research grant to ...
Carlow, Clotilde K.S., Ettwiller, Laurence, Ferreira, Marcelo U., Fombad, Fanny F., Li, Zhiru, Lima, Nathália F., Morgan, Richard D., Poole, Catherine B., Sinha, Amit, Wanji, Samuel   +9 more
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Cross-Reactivity of Filariais ICT Cards in Areas of Contrasting Endemicity of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Cameroon: Implications for Shrinking of the Lymphatic Filariasis Map in the Central African Region [PDF]

, 2015
Background Immunochromatographic card test (ICT) is a tool to map the distribution of Wuchereria bancrofti. In areas highly endemic for loaisis in DRC and Cameroon, a relationship has been envisaged between high L.
Amvongo-Adjia, Nathalie, Bockarie, Moses, Bottomley, Christian, Chounna Ndongmo, Patrick W., Datchoua-Poutcheu, Fabrice R., Enyong, Peter I., Fischer, Peter U., Fombad, Fanny Fri, Fovennso, Bridget Adzemye, Kengne-Ouafo, Jonas A., Koudou, Benjamin, Njouendou, Abdel Jelil, Tayong, Dizzle Bita, Wanji, Samuel   +13 more
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High Prevalence of Mansonella perstans Filariasis in Rural Senegal. [PDF]

, 2015
Large parts of African and American countries are colonized by Mansonella, a very common but poorly described filarial nematode. Bloodsucking flies of the genus Culicoides are suspected to be the vector of Mansonella perstans, but no study in Senegal has
Agbolade, Agbolade, Alioune Badara L. Y., Andrews, Araki, Asio, Baird, Bregani, Clarke, Cohen, Cornet, Cornet, Didier Raoult, Downes, Florence Fenollar, Fux, Gaël Mourembou, Gbary, Glick, Hocquet, Hopkins, Hopkins, Hopkins, Hopkins, Hubert Bassene, Keiser, Khamala, Klion, Masse Sambou, Mateu, Noireau, Noireau, Oleg Mediannikov, Parola, Pfister, Raccurt, Roucher, Sambou, Sawdiatou Djiba, Sharp, Sharp, Sharp, Simonsen, Siân Clarke, Socolovschi, Sokhna, Sudia, Trape, Walther, Wanji   +49 more
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A Case Report of Mansonellosis with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

European Psychiatry, 2017
IntroductionAccording to the WHO, tropical diseases affect 1/5 of the world population, being increasingly frequent in Europe. Most of these diseases produce mainly physical symptoms, but the appearance of accompanying neuropsychiatric symptoms are not uncommon.ObjectiveTo present a clinical case of mansonellosis with neuropsychiatric symptoms.Clinical
González, Roberto Sánchez, Asseiceiro, Daniel Maia, Miravet, Rosalía Torres   +2 more
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Imported Mansonellosis Case in a Citizen of Ukraine

Клиническая инфектология и паразитология, 2021
Описан завозной случай мансонеллеза из Африки у гражданина Украины, протекавший с развитием инфекционного эндокардита и рецидивирующего гидроторакса. Обращено внимание на возможность длительного бессимптомного течения этого филяриоза, ставшего одним из факторов тяжелого поражения сердечно-сосудистой системы пациента.
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Short report: Genetic characterization of atypical Mansonella (Mansonella) ozzardi microfilariae in human blood samples from Northeastern Peru [PDF]

, 2012
DNA sequence comparisons are useful for characterizing proposed new parasite species or strains. Microfilariae with an atypical arrangement of nuclei behind the cephalic space have been recently described in human blood samples from the Amazon region of ...
Arrospide, Nancy, Cabezas, Cesar, Fischer, Peter U, Marcos, Luis A, Recuenco, Sergio, Weil, Gary J   +5 more
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