Epidemiological studies of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) in indigenous communities of Pauini municipality, Amazonas, Brazil Estudos epidemiológicos da Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) em comunidades indígenas do município de Pauini, Amazonas, Brasil

The Mansonella ozzardi has a widespread distribution among the indigenous and riverine communities of Amazonas, Brazil. We estimated the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi in indigenous communities of the Pauini municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil and the rate of parasitic infection in vectors. We co...

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Main Authors: Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Victor Py-Daniel, Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa, Emanuelle de Souza Farias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2007-06-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672007000200010