| filariasis in colombia: prevalence and distribution of mansonella ozzardi and mansonella (=dipetalonema) perstans infections in the comisaría del guainía. | a survey was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of filarial infections among the inhabitants of comisaría. approximately 25% of the 604 individuals bled (knott's sample) harbored microfilariae; more men (29.7%) were infected than women (23.7%); approximately 6% were infected with mansonella (=dipetalonema) perstans, 13% with mansonella ozzardi, and 7% with both filariae. mansonella ozzardi was more common in men than in women, and its prevalence increased with age in both sex ... | 1983 | 6340542 |
| filariasis in colombia: presence of dipetalonema perstans in the comisaría del guainía. | examination of 75 blood samples (knott preparation) collected in puerto inŕida, coco, and pajuil, in the comisaría del guainía, colombia, disclosed 26 microfilaria carriers. eighteen persons harbored only mansonella ozzardi microfilariae, three were infected with m. ozzardi and dipetalonema perstans and five harbored only d. perstans. m. ozzardi infections were found in whites, and in indians belonging to the curripaco, puinave, tukano, guanano and saliva tribes, but d. perstans was found only i ... | 1982 | 7044161 |