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Large-scale production of Mansonella perstans infective larvae from engorged Culicoides milnei [PDF]

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
BackgroundMansonella perstans is transmitted by Culicoides species and affects hundred millions of inhabitants in about 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Chi Anizette Kien, Chi Anizette Kien, Rene Ebai, Rene Ebai, Fanny Fri Fombad, Fanny Fri Fombad, Frederick Esofi, Frederick Esofi, Anna Ning Ntuh, Anna Ning Ntuh, Emmanuel Ouam, Emmanuel Ouam, Narcisse Victor Tchamatchoua Gandjui, Narcisse Victor Tchamatchoua Gandjui, Valerine Chawa Chunda, Valerine Chawa Chunda, Relindis Ekanya, Relindis Ekanya, Franck Noel Nietcho, Franck Noel Nietcho, Juluis Visnel Foyet, Juluis Visnel Foyet, Lucy Cho Nchang, Lucy Cho Nchang, Chefor Magha, Chefor Magha, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Peter Enyong, Peter Enyong, Achim Hoerauf, Achim Hoerauf, Achim Hoerauf, Manuel Ritter, Manuel Ritter, Samuel Wanji, Samuel Wanji   +36 more
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The neotropical biting midges related to Culicoides paraensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1989
Culicoides paraensis (Goeldi), a common and widespread American bloodsucking midge that has been incriminated in the transmission of Mansonellosis and Oropouche Fever of humans in South America, is redescribed and figured.
Willis W. Wirth, Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer   +1 more
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RETRACTED: Mansonella, including a Potential New Species, as Common Parasites in Children in Gabon. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundLike other tropical African countries, Gabon is afflicted by many parasitic diseases, including filariases such as loiasis and mansonellosis.
Gaël Mourembou, Florence Fenollar, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Angelique Ndjoyi Mbiguino, Sydney Maghendji Nzondo, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Rella Zoleko Manego, Cyrille Herve Bile Ehounoud, Fadi Bittar, Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov   +10 more
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Toward 2030 road map: accelerating filariasis elimination through next-generation point-of-care diagnostics

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
Filariasis comprises neglected vector-borne parasitic diseases, including lymphatic filariasis (LF), onchocerciasis, loiasis, and mansonellosis, that affect hundreds of millions across tropical regions.
Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Leonard Edem Quarshie, Monica Ahiadorme   +2 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]

Parasites & 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 ...
Elena Pomari, Denis Voronin, Miriam J. Alvarez-Martinez, Marta Arsuaga, Emmanuel Bottieau, María Pilar Luzón-García, Beatrice Nickel, Jose Miguel Rubio, Joaquín Salas-Coronas, Fernando Salvador, Manuel Jesús Soriano-Pérez, Elena Sulleiro, Lidia Goterris, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Jaap J. van Hellemond, Linda J. Wammes, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Denise Lavezzari, Monica Degani, Stefano Tais, Jana Held, Federico Gobbi, Francesca Tamarozzi   +22 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 Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundLoa loa and Mansonella perstans-the causative agents of loiasis and mansonellosis-are vector-borne filarial parasites co-endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Diagnosis of both infections is usually established by microscopic analysis of blood samples.
Johannes Mischlinger, Rella Zoleko Manego, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Dorothea Ekoka Mbassi, Nina Hackbarth, Franck-Aurelien Ekoka Mbassi, Saskia Dede Davi, Ruth Kreuzmair, Luzia Veletzky, Jennifer Hergeth, Wilfrid Nzebe Ndoumba, Paul Pitzinger, Mirjam Groger, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Ayôla Akim Adegnika, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Bertrand Lell, Michael Ramharter   +17 more
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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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Cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genera Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983, Coscaroniellum Py-Daniel, 1983 and Shelleyellum Py-Daniel & Pessoa, 2005 (Diptera: Simuliidae) Análise cladística dos gêneros neotropicais Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983, Coscaroniellum Py-Daniel, 1983 e Shelleyellum Py-Daniel & Pessoa, 2005 (Diptera: Simuliidae) [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2008
Females of simuliid black flies are haematophagous insects and vectors of several pathogenic agents of human diseases such as the filarial worms Mansonella ozzardi and Onchocerca volvulus.
Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Victor Py-Daniel, Claudia Maria Ríos Velásquez   +2 more
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Mansonellosis at Medium Purus River (Brazilian Amazon) - DOI: 10.3395/reciis.v2i1.113en

RECIIS, 2008
Mansonella ozzardi is a filarial autochthonous parasite of the American continent that is frequently found infecting human beings in the Brazilian Amazon. The human infection by M.
Yara Leite Adami, Marilza Maia-Herzog
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Clinical Manifestations of Mesoendemic Onchocerciasis in an Area with Multiple Filarial Species [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2009
Background: The Imo River Basin, Nigeria is endemic for onchocerciasis, bancroftian filariasis, loaiasis and mansonellosis. This study was aimed at determining the clinical manifestations of onchocerciasis in this region.
EC Uttah
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