Introduction Four species of the Mansonella genus infect millions of people across sub-
Saharan Africa and Central and South America. Most infections are asymptomatic, but …

Following the successful eradication of Wuchereria bancrofti, there are now just three
species of conventional microfilaremic human filarial parasites endemic to the Brazilian …

The intracellular endosymbiotic proteobacteria Wolbachia have evolved across the phyla
nematoda and arthropoda. In Wolbachia phylogeny, supergroup F is the only clade known …

The primates that inhabit the rainforest surrounding the city of Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil)
have long been recognised as potentially important reservoirs of emerging and re-emerging …

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

The pied tamarin, or Saguinus bicolor, is a callitrichid that inhabits Amazon Forest fragments
encased within the municipalities of Manaus, Rio Preto da Eva, and Itacoatiara and their …

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

Vector-borne parasitic nematodes (roundworms) cause diseases associated with poverty
endemic to underdeveloped and exploited countries, infecting 100's of millions of people …

Introdução: A mansonelose é uma doença filarial humana que possui ampla distribuição
geográfica na Amazônia. Em São Gabriel da Cachoeira a infecção é causada tanto por M …