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Evaluation of Onchocerca volvulus-specific IgG4 subclass serology as an index of onchocerciasis transmission potential of three Gabonese villages

, 1994
SUMMARY The major objective of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of IgG4 ELISA and Western blot analysis, using a crude extract of Onchocerca volvulus adult worms as antigens, for diagnosing onchocerciasis in a Gabonese paediatric ...
C NGUIRI, P NGARI, S EVERAERE, T H DUONG, T G EGWANG, D RICHARD-LENOBLE, M KOMBILA, A A GBAKIMA   +7 more
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High Prevalence of Mansonella Perstans Infection Maintained in South Benin by Culicoidesmilnei, Culicoides Imicola, and Culicoides Inornatipennis

, 2022
Journal ArticleMansonellosis is a vector-borne infection caused by different species of filarial nematodes of the genus Mansonella, including ozzardi, perstans, and streptocerca.
Nyabuga, Nyariki James, Codjo, Laurent Azonvide, Haziz, Sina, Baba-Moussa, Lamine, Tomabu, Adjobimey   +4 more
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Aporte de la técnica de PCR en el diagnóstico de Mansonella ozzardi en zonas endémicas de la Argentina Contribution of the PCR assay to the diagnosis of Mansonella ozzardi in endemic areas of Argentina

Revista Argentina de Microbiología, 2012
Mansonella ozzardi es un nematode parásito tisular, agente etiológico de mansonellosis en casi la totalidad de los países latinoamericanos. En Argentina la mansonellosis ha sido descrita a lo largo de la región de las yungas.
María F Degese, Marta G Cabrera, Silvio J Krivokapich, Lucia E Irazu, Marcelo A Rodríguez, Eduardo A Guarnera   +5 more
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Molecular evidence of Wolbachia endosymbiosis in Mansonella perstans in Gabon, Central Africa

, 2014
The discovery of obligatory intracellular bacteria of the genus Wolbachia in filariae infecting humans led to the use of antibiotics as a potent treatment option.
Kreidenweiss, Andrea, Grobusch, Martin P., Antony, Justin S., Bélard, Sabine, Gehringer, Christian, Flamen, Arnaud   +5 more
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Mobilidade humana e epidemiologia de Mansonelose no município de São Gabriela da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brasil.

, 2019
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior- CAPESFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane. Manaus, AM, Brasil.A mansonelose é uma doença transmissível negligenciada, cuja presença na região amazônica vem sendo apontada há ...
Penha, Luiz Carlos Ferreira
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Application of the LAMP Technique for the Detection of Loa Loa and Mansonella perstans [PDF]

, 2021
Filariases are endemic diseases of tropical regions caused by filiform nematodes transmitted by insect bites. They produce high morbidity. Loiasis (Loa Loa) and mansonellosis (Mansonella perstans) globally affect 10 and 100 million people, respectively ...
Crego Vicente, Beatriz, García-Bernalt Diego, Juan, Fernández Soto, Pedro, Gallego, Gloria, Febrer Sendra, Begoña   +4 more
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Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection : leading research in medical microbiology and infectious diseases in the Mediterranean basin

, 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
Ranque, S., Mediannikov, Oleg
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Very low prevalence of Mansonella perstans-specific cell-free DNA in serum samples of Ghanaian HIV patients. [PDF]

Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp), 2023
Eberhardt KA, Veletzky L, Weinreich F, Phillips RO, Sarfo FS, Feldt T, Dompreh A, Asibey SO, Boateng R, Frickmann H.   +9 more
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Molecular Surveillance Detects High Prevalence of the Neglected Parasite Mansonella ozzardi in the Colombian Amazon. [PDF]

J Infect Dis, 2023
Dahmer KJ, Palma-Cuero M, Ciuoderis K, Patiño C, Roitman S, Li Z, Sinha A, Hite JL, Cuellar OB, Hernandez-Ortiz JP, Osorio JE, Christensen BM, Carlow CKS, Zamanian M.   +13 more
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Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana

, 2017
Background Mansonellosis was first reported in Ghana by Awadzi in the 1990s. Co-infections of Mansonella perstans have also been reported in a small cohort of patients with Buruli ulcer and their contacts.
Richard O. Phillips, Norman Nausch, Berko, Daniel, Debrah, Alexander, Linda Batsa Debrah, Daniel Antwi Berko, Owusu, Wellington, Layland, Laura, Phillips, Richard, Wanji, Samuel, Wellington Owusu, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Marc Jacobsen, Jacobsen, Marc, Laura E. Layland, Opoku, Vera, Nausch, Norman, Samuel Wanji, Debrah, Linda, Hoerauf, Achim, Vera Serwaa Opoku, Yusif Mubarik, Mubarik, Yusif, Achim Hoerauf   +23 more
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