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Mansonelliasis

Known as: Mansonelliasis [Disease/Finding], Mansonelliases, Mansonellosis 
A parasitic infection caused by the nematode Mansonella. Signs and symptoms include pruritus, headache, fever, arthralgias, and eosinophilia.
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2020
2020
Deep-sequencing reveals occult mansonellosis co-infections in residents from the Brazilian Amazon village of São Gabriel da Cachoeira.
Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans infections both cause mansonellosis, but are usually treated differently. Using a real… 
2016
2016
Mansonella ozzardi in Neotropical region of Argentina: Prevalence through time (1986-2010).
2005
2005
Prevalence of Mansonella perstans infections among the nomadic Fulanis of northern Nigeria.
The study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence and clinical manifestations of Mansonella perstans infection in the… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Epidemiology of concomitant infections due to Loa loa, Mansonella perstans, and Onchocerca volvulus in rain forest villages of Cameroon
Abstract. An epidemiological survey was conducted in 16 remote villages of the rain forest of southern Cameroon to ascertain the… 
2000
2000
Use of the recombinant Onchocerca volvulus protein Ov20/OvS1 for the immunodiagnostic differentiation between onchocerciasis and mansonelliasis and for the characterization of hyperreactive…
Summary The protein Ov20/OvS1 was used as antigen in ELISA and Western blot in order to differentiate onchocerciasis from African… 
1999
1999
Ivermectin treatment of mansonellosis in Trinidad.
This study was conducted to determine the efficacy and long-term effects of an intervention programme based on a single dose of… 
1999
1999
Induction of histamine release in parasitized individuals by somatic and cuticular antigens from Onchocerca volvulus.
The host immune response in onchocerciasis is believed to contribute to the clinical manifestations of infection. Mazzotti and… 
1992
1992
[Mansonelliasis in the southeast Venezuelan Orinoquia region].
Physical exam and skin biopsy were performed and peripheral blood samples drawn from 10% of the inhabitants of 26 jungle villages… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Observations on mansonellosis among the Ibos of Abia and Imo States, Nigeria.
Between November, 1988 and April, 1991, parasitological and symptomatological methods of diagnosis were used to survey the… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Observations on mansonellosis among the Ibos of Abia and Imo States, Nigeria.
Between November, 1988 and April, 1991, parasitological and symptomatological methods of diagnosis were used to survey the… 
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