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    Mansonella perstans is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm), transmitted by tiny blood-sucking flies called midges. Mansonella perstans is...
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    blindness. Serous cavity filariasis is caused by the worms Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi, which occupy the serous cavity of the abdomen. Dirofilaria...
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    ozzardi, M. perstans, and M. streptocerca. There are nine species: Mansonella barbascalensis Mansonella llewellyni Price, 1962 Mansonella longicapitata...
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  • humans. The other filarial nematode that causes it in humans is Mansonella perstans. M. ozzardi is an endoparasite that inhabits the serous cavity of...
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    host cells. Some human parasites, e.g. Wuchereria bancrofti and Mansonella perstans, thrive in their intermediate insect hosts because of an obligate...
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  • midges or blackflies. It is usually asymptomatic. Infections by Mansonella perstans, while often asymptomatic, can be associated with angioedema, pruritus...
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    Agbolade, O.M.; Akinboye, D.O.; Ogunkola, O. (2005). "Loa loa and Mansonella perstans: neglected human infections that need control in Nigeria". Afr. J...
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    infection. The first investigation focussed on Filaria perstans (later renamed Mansonella perstans), a small roundworm transmitted by flies, and bacteria...
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    as an alternative to mebendazole Mansonelliasis when caused by Mansonella perstans. Albendazole is effective against adult worms but not against the...
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    less seriously pathogenic but commonly parasitise humans. Mansonella ozzardi Mansonella perstans Some Dirofilaria species usually parasitize animals such...
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  • transmission and lethality) Hepatitis D Hookworm-malaria coinfection Mansonella perstans Trichuriasis Chikungunya and Dengue coinfection Dengue and HIV coinfection...
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    Spiruria Microfilariae of Mansonella perstans (left) and Loa loa (Spirurida: Filariidae) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia...
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    filariasis) Loa loa Mansonella (see also mansonelliasis) Mansonella ozzardi (parasite of man in Central and South America) Mansonella perstans (parasite of humans...
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  • treatment. Acanthocheilonemiasis is caused by the parasite, mansonella perstans. M. perstans is primarily found in central Africa and in some areas of South...
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  • first Commission. He was assigned to look for Filaria perstans (later renamed Mansonella perstans), a small roundworm transmitted by flies, as a possible...
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    to be vectors for the following viruses and conditions: Mansonella spp. (M. ozzardi, M. perstans, M. streptocerca), Onchocerca gibsoni and O. cervicalis...
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