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Investigation of the occurrence of mansonella ozzardi in the state of rondônia,...
Basano, Sérgio de Almeida; Camargo, Juliana Souza Almeida Aranha; Vera, Luana Janaína Souza; Velasques, Suzane Neves; Ogawa, Guilherme MaerschnerMansonella ozzardi, a human filarial nematode transmitted by Diptera Simuliidae flies (black flies), is widely spread in the Amazon, while the occurrence of mansonelliasis in the State of Rondônia (Western Amazonia) has not been reported thus far. The existence of this parasitic disease in this state is investigated in this study. Methods: A total of 4,452 people who lived alongside the Madeira, Mamore, Guapore...
Current profile of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in communities ...
Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes de; Py-Daniel, Victor; Barbosa, Ulysses Carvalho; Ogawa, Guilherme MaerschnerThe objective of this paper was to describe the current status of Mansonella ozzardi prevalence among the inhabitants of 12 communities along the Ituxi river, in Lábrea municipality, state of Amazonas. The prevalence of M. ozzardi was determined using thick blood smears obtained by digital punctures. M. ozzardi was found in 30.23% of the samples collected (39/129), with similar prevalence between genders (males...
Phlebotomine sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae) diversity and their leishmania DNA ...
Teles, Carolina Bioni Garcia; dos Santos, Ana Paula Azevedo; Freitas, Rui Alves de; Oliveira, Arley Faria José de; Ogawa, Guilherme MaerschnerIn this study, we identified the phlebotomine sandfly vectors involved in the transmission of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in Assis Brasil, Acre, Brazil, which is located on the Brazil-Peru-Bolivia frontier. The genotyping of Leishmania in phlebotomines was performed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism. A total of 6,850 sandflies comprising 67 species...