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

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-92

  Adami, Yara Leite ^a,c   Rodrigues, Gabriel ^a   Alves, Marilene Costa ^a   Moraes, Mario Augusto Pinto ^b   Banic, Dalma Maria ^a   Maia Herzog, Marilza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Mansonella ozzardi; Mansonellosis; Prevalence; Purus River

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SIMULIIDAE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RURAL POPULATION; SIMULIIDAE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893682593     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130243     Document Type: Article

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