| further evidence for the transmission of mansonella ozzardi by simulium amazonicum in brazil. | the transmission of mansonella ozzardi was studied in two rubber collecting villages on the river purus, state of amazonas, brazil. haematophagous insects were collected from human and bovine baits during the day and night: 687 mansonia amazonensis and 154 culicoides sp. indet. were free from infection with m. ozzardi. the former species is probably not a vector, but the low numbers of culicoides dissected preclude any determination of its vector status. thirty-five (0-99%) of 3530 simulium amaz ... | 1976 | 7215 |
| [mansonella ozzardi among ticuna indians of the state of amazonas, brazil]. | | 1978 | 150843 |
| attempts to infect jirds (meriones unguiculatus) with wuchereria bancrofti, onchocerca volvulus, loa loa loa and mansonella ozzardi. | | 1977 | 267662 |
| tourism-acquired mansonella ozzardi microfilaremia in a regular blood donor. | | 1978 | 353318 |
| the detection of mansonella ozzardi microfilariae in the skin and blood with a note on the absence of periodicity. | | 1978 | 360501 |
| the failure of diethylcarbamazine in the treatment of mansonella ozzardi infections. | | 1978 | 360502 |
| the prevalence and distribution of mansonella ozzardi in coastal north trinidad, w.i. | a day blood smear survey for mansonella ozzardi in the north coast communities of trinidad recorded a prevalence of 4.8% in 4,488 persons examined. prevalence rates were highest in the four western-most communities, where the vector, culicoides phlebotomus, is a severe nuisance problem. prevalence rates increased with age and were higher in males than in females. mean microfilaria densities were low in both sexes up to 50 years of age but in older males the density increased with age. wuchereria ... | 1979 | 382471 |
| a comparison of mansonella ozzardi microfilaria densities in the blood and in skin snips from three areas of the body. | | 1979 | 382474 |
| epidemiologic studies among amerindian populations of amazonia. ii. prepvalence of mansonella ozzardi. | the prevalence of microfilaremia among indians in 13 amazon indian villages was determined by examining giemsa-stained peripheral blood smears and preparations from peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures. mansonella ozzardi was the only species found in the 601 persons tested. prevalence was highly village-specific, ranging from 0% in four villages to as high as 93% among persons aged 10 years and older in others. comparisons of the two methods showed that the concentration effect of the periphera ... | 1979 | 389074 |
| the histochemical pattern of acid phosphatase activity in mansonella ozzardi microfilariae from trinidad, west indies. | | 1979 | 395745 |
| higher concentrations of microfilariae in capillary blood from the ear lobe than from the finger in wuchereria bancrofti and mansonella ozzardi infections. | | 1979 | 400206 |
| dipetalonema perstans and mansonella ozzardi in indians of southern venezuela. | microfilariae were observed in 25 of 187 blood leucocyte-culture preparations made for chromosome studies on 28 piaroa and 159 yanomama indians living near the brazilian border of amazonas, venezuela. among the yanomama, 17 (10.7%) were infected, all with mansonella ozzardi. among the piaroa, 8 (28.6%) were infected--3 with m. ozzardi, 4 with dipetalonema perstans, and 1 with both species. | 1976 | 769579 |
| infection of culicoides variipennis, culicoides nubeculosus, culicoides riethi and aedes aegypti with mansonella ozzardi. | | 1976 | 1006770 |
| a preliminary survey of the prevalence of mansonella ozzardi in some rural communities on the river purus, state of amazonas, brazil. | three hundred and eighty-six blood films were taken from mesticos (persons of mixed race) in villages on the river purus, amazonas; 17(4-4%) were infected with mansonella ozzardi. an average of 11-2 microfilariae/20 mm3 of blood (range 1-103) were found in infected persons. no statistical difference was found between the infection rates of males and females. seringueiros (rubber collectors) and lavradores (agricultural workers) showed similar high infection rates, compared to people with indoor ... | 1975 | 1155999 |
| [mansonelliasis in the southeast venezuelan orinoquia region]. | physical exam and skin biopsy were performed and peripheral blood samples drawn from 10% of the inhabitants of 26 jungle villages of the state of bolívar, venezuela. one hundred and fifty three indians and an inhabitant of mixed blood from 13 different communities were found to be infected with mansonelliasis representing a global index of 36.40% in the endemic area. the parasitosis was found to be concentrated in three areas. the largest, located in the southwest of the country and forming part ... | 1992 | 1307411 |
| tissue invasion by mansonella ozzardi in a patient with adenocarcinoma. | | 1992 | 1735311 |
| experimental infection of humans with filariae. | this report summarizes the findings of the 17 published studies involving humans who have been experimentally infected with filarial parasites. over the past 60 years, 45 individuals have been deliberately infected with wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi, brugia pahangi, loa loa, mansonella perstans, mansonella ozzardi, and/or onchocerca volvulus. the findings from these experimental infections of humans have helped define microfilarial survival and periodicity within human hosts, the prepatent ... | 1991 | 1962076 |
| specific and cross-reacting antibodies in human responses to onchocerca volvulus and dracunculus medinensis infections. | immunoelectroblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used to identify non-cross-reacting antigenic components of dracunculus medinensis and the filarial worms onchocerca volvulus, loa loa, wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi, and mansonella ozzardi. parasite specific serodiagnostic elisa systems for onchocerciasis and dracunculiasis were devised based on these findings. phosphate buffered saline extracts of adult worms were passed through a column of monoclonal antibodies to phosphor ... | 1990 | 2138430 |
| filariasis focus due to mansonella ozzardi and mansonella perstans in the amazon federal territory of venezuela. | the presence of filariasis was investigated through knott's method in 40 curripaco indians from communities located on the casiquiare and guainia rivers in the amazon federal territory of venezuela. the results gave an 82.5% prevalence for infections with mansonella perstans and 30% for infections with m. ozzardi (mixed infections with m. perstans). in almost all the patients the parasite load was greater for m. perstans and varied between 1 and 327 microfilariae per ml. this paper presents for ... | 1990 | 2348493 |
| onchocerciasis endemic in the state of bolivar, venezuela. | microfilariae of onchocerca volvulus were demonstrated by single shoulder-skin biopsy in 42.8% of inhabitants of seven amerindian villages in an area of approximately 10,000 km2, near the brasilian roraima territory. the highest prevalence was found among the yanomama indians of chajuraña (84.6%, with a mean of 61.3 microfilariae per mg of skin). the six other communities were affected, but with lower prevalence and microfilaria skin densities. the absence of lymphoedema and the few subcutaneous ... | 1989 | 2604478 |
| specific detection of human antibodies to onchocerca volvulus. | specific diagnosis of antibodies to onchocerca was achieved through (1) the construction of direct and indirect elisa systems, and (2) restricting elisa assays to the igg4 class. the direct elisa was based on the isolation of a surface derived, low molecular weight surface antigen preparation containing two main antigens (m. wt. 16.2 and 12.8 kda) as defined by western blot analysis. the direct elisa system detected antibodies in children of six years old, and may therefore be applicable to dete ... | 1989 | 2696081 |
| clinical evaluation of mansonella ozzardi in haiti. | the clinical evaluation of 150 individuals in bayeux, haiti, revealed no significant morbidity that could be attributed to infection with mansonella ozzardi. however, the distribution of patent infections and their microfilaria density were significantly affected by the age and sex of the individuals. also, the eosinophilic response was associated with the intensity of the microfilaremia when age was considered as a co-variable. the microfilaria rate was significantly higher in certain occupatio ... | 1989 | 2772513 |
| ivermectin in the successful treatment of a patient with mansonella ozzardi infection. | | 1987 | 3305722 |
| mansonella ozzardi in haiti. iv. evaluation of antibody reactivity to heterologous antigens. | sera from individuals in an area of haiti endemic for mansonella ozzardi were analyzed for reactivity to antigens of brugia pahangi, dirofilaria immitis, mansonella llewellyni or ascaris lumbricoides using either an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test. igm and igg reactivity to all antigens was observed with sera from both microfilaremic and amicrofilaremic individuals when compared to reactivity of sera from individuals from nonendemic areas. antibod ... | 1986 | 3513647 |
| [treatment with levamisole of infection by mansonella ozzardi]. | | 1986 | 3541142 |
| experimental and natural infection of simulium sanchezi by mansonella ozzardi in the middle orinoco region of venezuela. | experimental and natural infections of simulium sanchezi by mansonella ozzardi were studied in the area of síquita, territorio federal amazonas, venezuela. the microfilariae developed synchronously in the blackflies, reaching stage l3 in seven to eight days at temperatures between 23 degrees and 27 degrees c. larvae in different stages of development, including infective forms, were found in 0.6% of 662 unfed wild-caught females. these results confirm that simuliids are the main vectors of m. oz ... | 1985 | 3887680 |
| development of mansonella ozzardi in the liverpool strain of aedes aegypti. | | 1985 | 3914123 |
| [mansonella ozzardi in the federal territory of roraima, brazil. distribution and finding of a new vector in the area of surumu river]. | a survey conducted among the makuxi indians from 15 settlements in the northeastern part of the territory of roraima, brazil, revealed the occurrence of mansonella ozzardi in 3,2% (21/652) of the persons examined. the absence of demonstrable infection--with one exception--in persons under 15 years of age, and the low microfilaria density in adults suggest that mansonelliasis has been acquired by the makuxi indians outside their villages. as many indians from the region pan gold on the upper maú ... | 1985 | 3915764 |
| presence of microfilaria of mansonella ozzardi in ascitic fluid. | | 1973 | 4119232 |
| infections with dipetalonema perstans and mansonella ozzardi in the aboriginal indians of guyana. | | 1967 | 6069567 |
| comparative morphology of mansonella ozzardi microfilariae from colombia and haiti. a light microscope study. | comparative morphological studies were conducted at the light microscope level to determine whether any difference could be detected in thin smears, thick smears, or knott samples, between colombian (simuliid-transmitted) and haitian (culicoid-transmitted) mansonella ozzardi microfilaria. results indicated that the microfilariae from these two geographical areas are essentially identical. the small differences observed in the dimensions of microfilariae in thick and in thin smears can be attribu ... | 1983 | 6189271 |
| 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 |
| ultrastructure of mansonella ozzardi microfilaria, with a comparison of the south american (simuliid-transmitted) and the caribbean (culicoid-transmitted) forms. | ultrastructural studies conducted to elucidate and compare the microanatomy of the south american (simuliid-transmitted) and the caribbean (culicoid-transmitted) microfilariae of mansonella ozzardi revealed that these microfilariae are essentially identical. the only difference detected was the larger central body of the colombian microfilariae. although the microanatomy of m. ozzardi microfilaria is essentially the same as that of other microfilariae, some of the subtle differences noted betwee ... | 1983 | 6342239 |
| similar patterns of acid phosphatase activity in mansonella ozzardi microfilariae from trinidad and guyana. | | 1983 | 6344358 |
| [absence of response of mansonella ozzardi microfilaria in the diethylcarbamazine provocation test]. | one hundred and twelve inhabitants of an area endemic for m. ozzardi received 20 cmm capillary blood samples by finger prick before and 30 minutes after the ingestion of 100 mg of diethylcarbamazine citrate. no significant variations in microfilaremia were detected. thus, a provocative dose of dec would not appear to be helpful in sampling for mansonellosis in haiti. | 1983 | 6347418 |
| crypto-periodicity in mansonella ozzardi. | studying nycthemeral microfilarial density in eight carriers of mansonella ozzardi, nathan et al. concluded that there is an absence of periodicity in m. ozzardi in trinidad. re-examination of the results obtained shows evidence of crypto-periodicity. two of the eight patients showed highly significant periodicity but the biorhythms appear to be almost out of phase, the respective peaks being at 18.00 hours and 02.00 hours. the six other patients showed no obvious periodicity; the calculated acr ... | 1983 | 6353685 |
| the concentration of mansonella ozzardi microfilariae in skin capillaries. | the densities of microfilariae of mansonella ozzardi in different regions of the body of infected individuals were studied. the density in venous blood closely approximated to that found in finger capillaries, but was significantly lower than the densities in capillaries of the scapular region and buttocks. a possible explanation for this concentration of microfilariae is the lack of glomi in these two sites, which consequently have a lower flow of blood than areas where glomi occur and where mi ... | 1983 | 6356501 |
| filariasis in colombia: prevalence of mansonella ozzardi in the departamento de meta, intendencia del casanare, and comisaría del vichada. | the prevalence and distribution of filarial infections among the inhabitants of adjacent regions of the departamento del meta, intendencia del casanare, and comisaría del vichada in northeastern colombia was determined by collection and examination of blood samples using the knott's method. mansonella ozzardi, the only species detected, was found in 2.5% of the samples collected in meta (6/243), in 4.9% from casanare (12/247) and in 2.5% from vichada (3/137). all of the microfilaria carriers wer ... | 1984 | 6364857 |
| a survey of filariasis among refugees in south florida. | between january 1981 and march 1982, a filariasis survey was conducted among 668 haitian immigrants and 155 southeast asian refugees residing in florida, u.s.a. microfilariae were detected only in haitians, with 6.7% positive for wuchereria bancrofti and 1.3% positive for mansonella ozzardi. the majority of individuals with bancroftian filariasis came from five coastal urban areas including port-au-prince, duvalierville, gonaïves, leógane and cap-haitien. no unequivocal signs of bancroftian fila ... | 1984 | 6370004 |
| [mansonella ozzardi in darién (panama)]. | | 1984 | 6387821 |
| assessment of culicoides barbosai as a vector of mansonella ozzardi in haiti. | studies in the southern peninsula of haiti showed that the biting midge, culicoides barbosai, was capable of supporting the development of mansonella ozzardi to the infective stage. the known vector, culicoides furens, also was encountered. both species showed distinct biting site preferences, i.e., 98% of the midges that engorged on the arms and head were c. barbosai whereas c. furens was collected mostly from the lower legs. nine days after engorgement, 19 infective larvae were recovered from ... | 1984 | 6391228 |
| identification of an antigen of onchocerca volvulus of possible diagnostic use. | adult onchocerca volvulus worms obtained by enzyme digestion from nodules of infected mexicans were radio-isotope labelled by the chloramine-t or bolton-hunter methods. no antigenic determinants were detected in extracts of worms labelled by the chloramine-t method but 3 antigens were detected in extracts of the bolton-hunter labelled worms. two were present in such small amounts that it was impractical to investigate them further, but a major component of mol. wt 20 kda was purified by gel filt ... | 1984 | 6504560 |
| assessment of leptoconops bequaerti as a potential vector of mansonella ozzardi in haiti. | experimental studies in bayeux, haiti showed that the biting midge, leptoconops bequaerti, is capable of supporting the complete development of mansonella ozzardi but only on a very limited scale. this suggests that the species may not be involved in the natural transmission cycle despite its abundance and pestiferous nature in certain areas of haiti. a midge-holding container is described which markedly enhanced the survival of engorged l. bequaerti in the laboratory. | 1983 | 6625054 |
| development of mansonella ozzardi in simulium amazonicum, s. argentiscutum, and culicoides insinuatus from amazonas, colombia. | simulium amazonicum, s. argentiscutum and culicoides insinuatus were collected from the amazon region of colombia after having blood-fed on volunteers naturally infected with mansonella ozzardi. dissection of the specimens revealed that these species supported the development of the microfilaria of m. ozzardi to the infective stage. infective larvae were obtained from simulium within 7 days at temperatures ranging from 23-30 degrees c. s. argentiscutum ingested more microfilariae and had a corre ... | 1982 | 6756177 |
| mansonella ozzardi: a redescription with comments on its taxonomic relationships. | mansonella ozzardi is redescribed from adult worms collected from the subcutaneous tissues of patas monkeys (erythrocebus patas) infected with a haitian strain of the filaria. the worms are small and very slender; females measure about 49 mm in length by 0.15 mm in diameter and males, 26 by 0.07 mm. haitian (caribbean) and colombian (amazon) forms of the filaria are morphologically identical, as are their microfilariae. mansonella is most closely related to tetrapetalonema. based on taxonomic pr ... | 1982 | 6756178 |
| parasitological and clinical studies of wuchereria bancrofti and mansonella ozzardi in coastal north trinidad, west indies. | a parasitological and clinical survey of wuchereria bancrofti and mansonella ozzardi was conducted in blanchisseuse, an isolated rural community of 650 people in coastal north trinidad. w. bancrofti microfilariae were found in 15% of the resident population and the prevalence was higher in males (19%) than in females (12%). microfilaraemias were undetected in children under 5 years of age but 12% of children and adolescents between 5 and 19 years of age were positive. microfilaraemias were mo ... | 1982 | 6760556 |
| filariasis in amerindians of western guyana with observations on transmission of mansonella ozzardi by a simulium species of the amazonicum group. | in order to conduct experimental infection studies of mansonella ozzardi in local haematophagous diptera, volunteers infected with this parasite were identified during a microfilaria survey in four amerindian villages in the pakaraima mountains of western guyana, near the brazilian border. m. ozzardi microfilariae were detected in thick blood smears from 8-21% of persons examined. they were also found in skin snips from 8/73 persons all of whom were positive by blood smear examination. no onchoc ... | 1982 | 6761913 |
| mansonella ozzardi in haiti. i. epidemiological survey. | a survey of 1,165 inhabitants of bayeux, haiti revealed that 16% were infected with mansonella ozzardi. this was determined from a single 20 mm3 sample of finger prick blood from each individual. amont children and young adults (< 20 years of age), fewer than 2% had detectable microfilaremias. beyond this age the prevalence of infection for males and females was 49% and 24%, respectively. the microfilariae circulate in the peripheral blood with no significant periodicity. in general, the microfi ... | 1980 | 6969037 |
| a parasitologic survey for mansonella ozzardi in the comisaría del vaupés, colombia. | the prevalence of mansonella ozzardi in the comisaría del vaupés of eastern colombia was investigated as part of an extensive study of human filariasis in colombia. three hundred and forty-seven individuals from various parts of vaupés were examined. the overall infection rate for m. ozzardi was 49%, but the distribution of the parasite was not uniform throughout the comisaría. microfilariae were found in both venous blood samples and ski biopsies of infected individuals. the rate of infection w ... | 1980 | 6986097 |
| extended cryopreservation of mansonella ozzardi microfilariae concentrated from human peripheral blood. | microfilariae of mansonella ozzardi, concentrated from human blood, frozen with a cryoprotectant chemical, and stored at liquid or vapor-phase liquid nitrogen temperatures were motile when thawed after 2.5 years of preservation. | 1980 | 6989278 |
| mansonella ozzardi infections in indians of the southwestern part of the state of bolivar, venezuela. | mansonella ozzardi infections were found in 80/139 (58%) of indians living in the forest of the upper caura river basin located in the southwestern part of bolivar state, venezuela. in four (3%) of the blood samples a second type of microfilaria which could not be identified was also found. | 1980 | 6992608 |
| development of mansonella ozzardi in a black fly species of the simulium sanguineum group from eastern vaupés, colombia. | development of the microfilaria of mansonella ozzardi to the infective stage in a species of the simulium sanguineum group from the mitú area, comisaría del vaupés, colombia is described. development was synchronous, and by day 6 third-stage larvae were observed in the head of flies which had fed on two naturally infected volunteers. simulium biting activity was high from january-march, during the dry season. only 261 blood-fed culicoides were collected from an infected volunteer; 40% of 43 diss ... | 1980 | 7004217 |
| simulium species of the amazonicum group as vectors of mansonella ozzardi in the brazilian amazon. | experimental infection with mansonella ozzardi of common haematophagous diptera collected at a ticuna indian village on the upper reaches of the solimões river in the brazilian amazon, showed that simulium amazonicum and simulium n.sp. are capable of supporting full development of the parasite. natural infections with this filaria were found in both species including infective larvae in simulium n.sp. no development of m. ozzardi occurred in mansonia amazonensis, culicoides insinuatus or lepisel ... | 1980 | 7010699 |
| mansonella ozzardi in haiti ii. arthropod vector studies. | the present vector studies show that the biting midge, culicoides furens, serves as an intermediate host for mansonella ozzardi in haiti. a total of 3,430 c. furens were collected as they engorged on infected individuals. under the maintenance conditions described herein, the microfilaria required 9 days to reach the infective stage. approximately 43% of the midges survived, and from these 1,128 infective stage larvae were collected. this represents an overall infection rate of 0.76 larva per mi ... | 1981 | 7020451 |
| susceptibility of laboratory primates to infection with mansonella ozzardi from man. | the study was undertaken to determine primates were susceptible to infection with caribbean and/or amazon strains of mansonella ozzardi of man. twenty-three animals including three chimpanzees, four squirrel monkeys, one capuchin, five rhesus and 10 patas monkeys each received, by subcutaneous or intraperitoneal injection, 25-170 infective larvae of m. ozzardi harvested either from infected culicoides furens collected in haiti or simulium sp. (sanguineum complex) collected in the colombian amazo ... | 1981 | 7020456 |
| microfilariae of mansonella ozzardi in human skin biopsies. | microfilariae of mansonella ozzardi were seen in specimens of skin taken by biopsy from 4 of 6 subjects previously shown to be positive for microfilariae in the blood. while most of the microfilariae were confined to small blood vessels in the papillary and superficial reticular dermis, some were in perivascular spaces and a few were noted in the dermal interstitium. there was no microscopic evidence that the minimal cutaneous disease seen could be directly attributed to the microfilariae. | 1981 | 7025666 |
| culicoides variipennis, a laboratory vector for the amazon form of mansonella ozzardi. | the colonized midge, culicoides variipennis, is shown to be a competent laboratory host for the amazon form of mansonella ozzardi. it raises the possibility that certain culicoides spp. in the amazon region may support development of the parasite and possibly play a role in the natural transmission cycle. | 1982 | 7036768 |
| mansonella ozzardi in haiti. iii. a comparison of the sensitivity of four sampling methods in detecting infections. | a study to compare the sensitivity of four sampling methods in detecting mansonella ozzardi among 133 inhabitants of bayeux, haiti, is reported. the knott method proved the most sensitive with 40 microfilaria carriers detected. no additional infections were revealed by the other sampling methods. this was followed in order by 20 mm3 thick films of earlobe blood (34 cases), finger-prick blood (32 cases in the first sample), and skin biopsy (14 cases from paired samples). the combination of three ... | 1982 | 7041666 |
| 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 |
| microfilaria bolivarensis: a new species of filaria from man in venezuela. | an unsheathed microfilaria, unlike any other already described from man, was found in thick blood smears and knott samples taken from amerinds living along the upper caura river in bolivar state, venezuela. the mirofilaria, which measures 256 x 7-8 micrometers in thick blood smears and 300 x 8 micrometers in knott samples, is easily differentiated morphologically from mansonella ozzardi with which it often occurs concomitantly. it is readily differentiated, on morphological criteria, from all ot ... | 1980 | 7406105 |
| ivermectin in human medicine. | ivermectin is a potent macro-cyclic lactone causing paralysis in many nematodes and arthropods through an influx of chloride ions across cell membranes. it is currently the drug of choice for human onchocerciasis and shows potent microfilaricidal activity against the other major filarial parasites of human (wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi, loa loa and mansonella ozzardi) but not against m. perstans. whether or not it also kills the adult-stage of these parasites is currently under study. ive ... | 1994 | 7814280 |
| mass chemotherapy with diethylcarbamazine for the control of bancroftian filariasis: a twelve-year follow-up in northern trinidad, including observations on mansonella ozzardi. | a microfilaria survey was conducted in trinidad in 1992, 12 years after mass treatment with spaced doses of diethylcarbamazine citrate (dec-c) for the control of bancroftian filariasis; 348 persons were examined using thick blood smears and a membrane filtration technique. they included 104 who had participated in the mass chemotherapy campaign in 1980. no wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae were detected among 66% of the population examined. in 1980, 86 of 592 persons examined were found to be i ... | 1995 | 7872448 |
| presence of annular rings on mansonella ozzardi microfilariae. | | 1994 | 7974689 |
| qbc: rapid filaria diagnoses from blood--mansonella ozzardi and wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1994 | 8154007 |
| mansonella ozzardi: the course of patency in experimentally-infected patas monkeys. | twenty-five of 30 patas monkeys (erythrocebus patas) inoculated with varying numbers (35 to 135) of third-stage larvae of mansonella ozzardi developed patent infections in an average of 163 days. there was no correlation between the size of the inoculum and the length of the prepatent period. ten of the monkeys were monitored thereafter by regular blood examination for extended periods of time in order to characterize the onset, course and duration of patency. typically, with the onset of patenc ... | 1993 | 8516634 |
| antiparasitic drugs. | many different infections with protozoan and helminthic parasites are common global health problems. several protozoa are responsible for opportunistic infections in patients with aids. the newly developed drug, albendazole, has a strong activity against many nematode and cestode parasites. in the case of echinococcosis, it reduces the viability of protoscolices and cysts. its hepatic metabolite, albendazole sulfoxide, is active against the larval cestodes. in the case of neurocysticercosis ... | 1996 | 8602186 |
| [excretion-secretion antigens from adult dirofilaria immitis in the diagnosis of human filariasis by solid phase immunoenzyme assay]. | the solid phase enzymatic immuno-assay (elisa) was normalized for detecting antibodies against. filaria using excretion-secretion antigens (esa) from dirofilaria immitis adults in a group of asymptomatic and microfilaraemic patients infected by different species of filariae (loa loa, wuchereria bancrofti, onchocerca volvulus, mansonella ozzardi and mansonella perstans), and in another group of symptomatic and aminorofilaraemic patients, temporary residents in an area with endemic loiasis. the es ... | 1991 | 9768181 |
| circulating immune complexes in mansonella ozzardi infection. | | 1998 | 10396351 |
| mansonella ozzardi infection in bolivia: prevalence and clinical associations in the chaco region. | a cross-sectional survey carried out in the chaco region of bolivia showed that 26% (77 of 296) and 0.7% (2 of 298) of the rural population of the camiri and villa montes areas, respectively, harbored mansonella ozzardi microfilariae (mf). no significant differences were observed between sexes. the lowest prevalence (9%) was in the 0-14-year-old age group, with no children <11 months of age infected. the prevalence increased sharply in the 25-34-year-old age group (32%), and continued increasing ... | 1999 | 10586920 |
| ivermectin treatment of mansonellosis in trinidad. | this study was conducted to determine the efficacy and long-term effects of an intervention programme based on a single dose of ivermectin (6 mg) administered during a double-blind placebo study of 40 persons with mansonella ozzardi infections in blanchisseuse, trinidad. after four years, ivermectin reduced microfilariae levels by 82.2%. short- and long-term effectiveness of the drug is contingent upon the initial microfilariae levels of the patient. we conclude that a single dose of ivermectin ... | 1999 | 10639847 |
| [filariasis in haiti: a century of history]. | wuchereria bancrofti and mansonella ozzardi are both endemic in haiti. over the last hundred years, these human parasites have been by turn investigated and disregarded. between 1894 and 1914, haitian physicians encouraged by dr. léon audain studied the clinical and biological impact of w. bancrofti in the numerous infested patients in port-au-prince. during the american occupation (1915-1934), the presence of m. ozzardi was recognized by a rockefeller mission and a first investigation of filari ... | 1999 | 10690476 |
| environmental factors and the distribution of mansonelliases in southern venezuela. | the distribution of mansonelliases and their relation to various quantitative criteria were determined through the study of 1,057 subjects in 17 localities in ten regions of amazonas state and bolívar state. the total prevalence among the blood samples, determined through the knott technique, was 18.54%. 11.26% were parasited by mansonella perstans, 9.93% by mansonella ozzardi, and 2.63% by both species. the average of microfilaremia was 48.19 mf/ml of blood in m. perstans and 13.79 mf/ml in m. ... | 2000 | 10887651 |
| first report of presumed parasitic keratitis in indians from the brazilian amazon. | to describe corneal disorders in patients with systemic parasitic disease. | 2000 | 11095056 |
| ict filariasis test in patients harbouring mansonella ozzardi. | | 2000 | 11123834 |
| characterisation of nuclear ribosomal dna sequences from onchocerca volvulus and mansonella ozzardi (nematoda: filarioidea) and development of a pcr-based method for their detection in skin biopsies. | the internal transcribed spacer region (its1, 5.8s gene and its2) of the two filarial nematodes onchocerca volvulus and mansonella ozzardi was sequenced, and two species-specific primers designed in the its2 to develop a pcr-based method for their specific detection and differentiation. when used with a universal reverse primer, the two species-specific primers gave amplification products of different size, which were readily separated in an agarose gel. the pcr was tested on skin biopsies from ... | 2001 | 11239937 |
| the specificity of an elisa for detection of onchocerca volvulus in brazil in an area endemic for mansonella ozzardi. | | 2001 | 11355551 |
| simuliid blackflies (diptera: simuliidae) and ceratopogonid midges (diptera: ceratopogonidae) as vectors of mansonella ozzardi (nematoda: onchocercidae) in northern argentina. | mansonella ozzardi, a relatively nonpathogenic filarial parasite of man in latin america, is transmitted by either ceratopogonid midges or simuliid blackflies. in the only known focus of the disease in north-western argentina the vectors have never been incriminated. this study investigated the potential vectors of m. ozzardi in this area. the only anthropophilic species of these diptera families biting man at the time of the investigation were simulium exiguum, s. dinellii, culicoides lahillei ... | 2001 | 11391415 |
| molecular identification of wolbachia from the filarial nematode mansonella ozzardi. | mansonella ozzardi, a filarial parasite of humans in latin america, has been shown to harbour intracellular bacteria not yet identified. here we show that these bacteria, like those of other filarial nematodes, belong to the genus wolbachia (alpha 2 proteobacteria; rickettsiales). their unambiguous placement in the wolbachia group was shown by 16s rdna sequence analysis. however, the exact position of the wolbachia from m. ozzardi relative to the other wolbachiae is not clear. indeed, 16s rdna s ... | 2001 | 11403387 |
| regional genetic variation in the major sperm protein genes of onchocerca volvulus and mansonella ozzardi (nematoda: filarioidea). | onchocerca volvulus and mansonella ozzardi are two human filarial parasites present in south and central america. in the brazilian amazonia they are found in sympatry, and the lack of clear morphological diagnostic characters in the microfilariae hinders their identification. the major sperm protein (msp) gene of both species has been sequenced and characterised to determine its potential as a molecular diagnostic character. the length of the msp gene is different in each species, and this could ... | 2000 | 11428336 |
| the morphological discrimination of microfilariae of onchocerca volvulus from mansonella ozzardi. | there is no published account which allows the morphological discrimination of microfilariae of onchocerca volvulus and m. ozzardi from each other. however, they occur together in parts of brazil and venezuela, and presumably there is always the possibility that migration could establish new sympatric populations in the future. the objective of this study was to evaluate simple morphological characters that might be used for species-diagnosis of microfilariae. the conclusions were that the locat ... | 2003 | 12885185 |
| [new focus of filaria found in venezuela among the indians of uniquina and guaruno in the federal territory of delta amacuro; further cases of mansonella ozzardi infestation and the first cases of acanthocheilonemiasis reported in venezuela]. | | 1955 | 13241654 |
| [hourly variations of mansonella ozzardi microfilaria in the blood]. | | 1954 | 13267095 |
| [length and width of microfilaria of mansonella ozzardi and wuchereria bancrofti in brazil]. | | 1954 | 13267108 |
| a note on the survival of the microfilariae of mansonella ozzardi. | | 1957 | 13472425 |
| [extension of the geographical distribution of mansonella ozzardi in the republic of colombia]. | | 1963 | 14023152 |
| [prevalence of mansonella ozzardi in brazil]. | | 1955 | 14395679 |
| [differentiation between microfilaria of wuchereria bancrofti and mansonella ozzardi]. | | 1955 | 14395686 |
| [study of the nyctohemeral variation of "mansonella ozzardi" microfilaria in the blood]. | | 1959 | 14423940 |
| [presence of wuchereria bancrofti, mansonella ozzardi and acanthocheilonema perstans in french guiana]. | | 1950 | 14792319 |
| phylogeny of wolbachia pipientis based on glta, groel and ftsz gene sequences: clustering of arthropod and nematode symbionts in the f supergroup, and evidence for further diversity in the wolbachia tree. | current phylogenies of the intracellular bacteria belonging to the genus wolbachia identify six major clades (a-f), termed 'supergroups', but the branching order of these supergroups remains unresolved. supergroups a, b and e include most of the wolbachiae found thus far in arthropods, while supergroups c and d include most of those found in filarial nematodes. members of supergroup f have been found in arthropods (i.e. termites), and have previously been detected in the nematode mansonella ozza ... | 2005 | 16339946 |
| passage of ingested mansonella ozzardi (spirurida: onchocercidae) microfilariae through the midgut of aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae). | when virus and microfilariae are ingested concurrently by a mosquito, microfilariae (mf) may penetrate the mosquito midgut and introduce virus directly into the mosquito hemocoel, allowing mosquitoes to become infectious much sooner than normal and enhancing transmission of viruses by mosquitoes. mansonella ozzardi (manson) is a benign filarial nematode parasite of humans in latin america and is transmitted by black flies (diptera: simuliidae) and biting midges (diptera: ceratopogonidae). becaus ... | 2007 | 17294928 |
| [ocular manifestations in mansonelliasis]. | to evaluate eye manifestations in mansonelliasis patients from coari, am, rural area on the middle amazonas river. | 2008 | 18516413 |
| molecular identification of wolbachia from the filarial nematode mansonella perstans. | wolbachiae are bacterial endosymbionts of insects and many filarial nematodes whose products trigger inflammation in filarial infections. the dependence of the parasites on their endosymbionts has also led to the use of antibiotics directed against the wolbachiae, therapy that has been demonstrated to have a profound salutary effect on filarial infections. the identification of wolbachiae in mansonella species has been conclusively shown for mansonella ozzardi (mo), but not for mansonella persta ... | 2008 | 18538871 |
| current profile of mansonella ozzardi (nematoda: onchocercidae) in communities along the ituxi river, lábrea municipality, amazonas, brazil. | the 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: 30.30%; females: 30.16%); the highest prevalence was found in homemakers (45.45%) fo ... | 2008 | 18660999 |
| 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 |
| mansonella ozzardi in brazil: prevalence of infection in riverine communities in the purus region, in the state of amazonas. | this study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of mansonella ozzardi infection and to estimate the parasitic infection rate (pir) in simuliid black flies in the municipality of pauini, amazonas, brazil. we used thick blood films to examine 921 individuals in 35 riverine communities along the pauini and purus rivers. simuliids were caught in several communities. flies were identified, stained with haematoxylin and dissected. overall, 44 (24.86%) of 177 riverines were infected in communit ... | 2009 | 19274380 |
| [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 |
| mansonella ozzardi in amazonas, brazil: prevalence and distribution in the municipality of coari, in the middle solimões river. | this study investigated some epidemiological aspects of the mansonella ozzardi in municipality of coari, amazonas. clinical symptoms were correlated with the filarial infection and the parasitic infection rates (pir) were estimated in simuliid vectors. the general m. ozzardi human prevalence rate was 13.3% (231/1733), of which 10.2% (109/1069) were from the urban area and 18.4% (122/664) from the rural area. the prevalence rates were higher in men (14.5% urban and 19.7% rural) than in women (6.7 ... | 2010 | 20512236 |
| nested pcr to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species onchocerca volvulus, mansonella ozzardi and mansonella perstans in the amazon region. | we present filaria-nested polymerase chain reaction (pcr), which is based on amplification of first internal transcribed spacer rdna to distinguish three parasitic filarial species (onchocerca volvulus, mansonella ozzardi and mansonella perstans) that can be found in the amazon region. nested pcr-based identifications yielded the same results as those utilizing morphological characters. nested pcr is highly sensitive and specific and it detects low-level infections in both humans and vectors. no ... | 2010 | 20945000 |
| observations on two cases of human filariasis (wuchereria bancrofti and mansonella ozzardi). | | 1946 | 21019186 |