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Mansonella

 [man″so-nel´ah]
a genus of nematode parasites of the superfamily Filarioidea. M. ozzar´di is found in the mesentery and visceral fat of humans in Central and South America.
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Mansonella

(man'sō-nel'ă),
A genus of filaria, widely distributed in tropic Africa and South America, that infects the peritoneal cavity, serous surfaces, or skin of humans and other primates with unsheathed microfilariae. The important human parasites Mansonella perstans and Mansonella streptocerca formerly were placed in the genera Dipetalonema, Acanthocheilonema, and Tetrapetalonema.
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Mansonella

A genus of filaria, which includes M ozzardi and M perstans, that cause haematogenous and cutaneous infections.
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Manson,

Sir Patrick, English authority on tropical medicine, 1844-1922.
Schistosoma mansoni - a disease-causing parasite transmitted by snails.
Mansonella - a genus of filaria, widely distributed in tropical Africa and South America.
Mansonia - a genus of brown or black medium-sized mosquitoes.
Manson disease - Synonym(s): Schistosoma mansoni
Manson eye worm - a widely distributed spiruroid nematode parasite of fowl. Synonym(s): Oxyspirura mansoni
Manson pyosis - obsolete term for a superficial pyogenic infection. Synonym(s): pemphigus contagiosus
Manson schistosomiasis - Synonym(s): schistosomiasis mansoni
Manson syndrome - pulmonary obliterative arteriolitis.
Oxyspirura mansoni - Synonym(s): Manson eye worm
schistosomiasis mansoni - infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Synonym(s): intestinal schistosomiasis; Manson disease; Manson schistosomiasis
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Mansonella perstans: safety and efficacy of ivermectin alone, albendazole alone and the two drugs in combination.
Pulmonary localization of Mansonella perstans in a 16 months-old male patient in a tertiary care hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sobre a transmissao da Mansonella ozzardi 1a e 2a notas (Trabalho do Inpa).
DESVENDANDO OS PADROES DE PREFERENCIA DE HABITAT DE LARVAS DE SIMULIIDAE (DIPTERA) NEOTROPICAIS E SUAS IMPLICACOES PARA O CONTROLE DO VETOR
Mansonella ozzardi: Estudio Clinico Epidemiologico de un foco endemico en la provincia de Jujuy.
New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Yungas, Paranaense rainforest and CHACO ecoregions of Argentina
On the development in Culicoides furens Poey of Filaria (= Mansonella) ozzardi Manson, 1897.
Spatial and temporal distribution of Culicoides insignis and Culicoides paraensis in the subtropical mountain forest of Tucuman, northwestern Argentina
Loa loa and Mansonella perstans: neglected human infections that need control in Nigeria.
Endemic mansonellosis in Emohua Local Government Area, Nigeria: human parasitaemia and Culicoides biting patterns
Mansonella perstans is a filarial nematode present in 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa; sporadic cases have been reported in Latin America, mostly in the Caribbean and along the Atlantic coast (1); -20% of inhabitants of disease-endemic countries are infected (2).
Imported infections with Mansonella perstans Nematodes, Italy
However, in contrast to the situation in Africa, where only 1 parasitemia-causing Mansonella parasite occurs, reports of M.
Molecular verification of new world Mansonella perstans parasitemias
Epidemiology of concomitant infection due to Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Gabon.
Loa loa infection in pregnant women, Gabon
The filarial nematode Mansonella perstans is endemic to countries in central and western Africa; its distribution overlaps that of other filarial nematodes W.
Infection with Mansonella perstans nematodes in Buruli ulcer patients, Ghana
([dagger]) Mansonella perstans (n = 2), Loa loa (n = 1).
Comparison of imported Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri infections among patients in Spain, 2005-2011
The second result is that sequencing of DNA from a limited number of skin snip specimens from Uganda suggests the presence of an organism closely related to Mansonella spp.
Nodding syndrome
Of these, 258 were Onchocerca volvulus infections, 124 were Mansonella perstans infections, 29 were Loa loa infections, and 7 were M.
Imported infectious diseases in mobile populations, Spain
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