| an atypical microfilaria in blood samples from inhabitants of brazilian amazon. | an unidentified microfilaria sharing characteristics with mansonella ozzardi and onchocerca volvulus was detected in blood samples from seven human volunteers, inhabitants of a community in the border of amazonas and acre state. they were detected during epidemiological studies carried out in some communities along antimary, acre, and purus rivers in the brazilian amazon. the most striking difference was presented in the shape of the cephalic space from this microfilaria which was different from ... | 2008 | 18779979 |
| [occurrence of mansonella ozzardi (nematoda, onchocercidae) in riverine communities of the purus river, boca do acre municipality, amazonas state, brazil]. | the study aimed to estimate the prevalence of mansonella ozzardi and calculate the parasitic infection rate in simuliid blackflies. the research was conducted in communities on the purus river, boca do acre municipality, amazonas state, brazil. prevalence was measured using the thick smear method. captured blackflies were dissected to verify the parasitic infection rate. m. ozzardi prevalence was 27.30% (77/282). the study showed higher prevalence in men (31.97%) than women (22.22%), farmers (48 ... | 2009 | 19503972 |
| new records of mansonella ozzardi: a parasite that is spreading from the state of amazonas to previously uninfected areas of the state of acre in the purus river region. | mansonella ozzardi infections are common in the riverside communities along the solimões, negro and purus rivers in the state of amazonas (am). however, little is known about the presence of this parasite in communities located in regions bordering am and the state of acre. the prevalence rate of m. ozzardi infections was determined in blood samples from volunteers according to the knott method. a total of 355 volunteers from six riverine communities were enrolled in the study and 65 (18.3%) wer ... | 2014 | 24141966 |