Mansonellosis is a neglected and emerging tropical disease. Among all zoonotic filarial
diseases, it is probably the most prevalent and least studied, with approximately 114 million …

Background Like other tropical African countries, Gabon is afflicted by many parasitic
diseases, including filariases such as loiasis and mansonellosis. This study aimed to assess …

Background Mansonellosis is an undermapped insect-transmitted disease caused by filarial
nematodes that are estimated to infect hundreds of millions of people. Despite their …

Mansonellosis is endemic in several regions of Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans have been reported in Latin America …

We obtained ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequences from residents of Amazonas
state, Brazil, with Mansonella parasitemias. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences …

Mansonella ozzardi is a filarial autochthonous parasite of the American continent that is
frequently found infecting human beings in the Brazilian Amazon. The human infection by M …

In the study undertaken by Souza et al.[Primates 64 (1): 153–159, 2022; https://doi.
org/10.1007/s10329-022-01038-5], published in the most recent volume of this journal, the …

The filarial parasites Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans, causative agents of
mansonellosis, infect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, yet remain among the most …

Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans infections both cause mansonellosis but are
usually treated differently. Using a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay and deep …

Mansonella ozzardi, a filarioid parasite, causes human mansonellosis in the Americas. We
identified raccoons (Procyon lotor) as wildlife reservoirs of M. ozzardi in Costa Rica. Noting …