Current profile of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in communities along the Ituxi river, Lábrea municipality, Amazonas, Brazil

Current profile of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in communities along the Ituxi river, Lábrea municipality, Amazonas, Brazil

The objective of this paper was to describe the current status of Mansonella ozzardi prevalence among the inhabitants of 12 communities along the Ituxi river, in Lábrea municipality, state of Amazonas. The prevalence of M. ozzardi was determined using thick blood smears obtained by digital punctures...

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Main Authors: Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Victor Py-Daniel, Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa, Guilherme Maerschner Ogawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2008-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Filariasis
Mansonelliasis
Mansonella ozzardi
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762008000400017

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