Occurrence of Mansonella ozzardi diagnosed using a polycarbonate membrane in a riverside population of Lábrea in the Western Brazilian Amazon
| Autor: | Sergio de Almeida Basano, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Gilberto Fontes, Gabriel de Deus Vieira, Juliana Souza de Almeida Aranha Camargo, Luana Janaína Souza Vera, Ricardo de Godoi Mattos Ferreira, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 49, Iss 1, Pp 115-118 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 0037-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0142-2015 |
| Popis: | Abstract: INTRODUCTION Mansonella ozzardi is a widely distributed filaria worm in the Amazon region. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of M. ozzardi infection in riverine communities of Lábrea municipality, Amazonas State, Brazil. METHODS A diagnostic blood filtration method in a polycarbonate membrane was used. RESULTS M. ozzardi was found in 50.3% of the sample, with the highest prevalence in farmers/fishermen (69.4%; χ 2 = -19.14, p |
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