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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/18429| Title: | Occurrence of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) in riverine communities of the Purus river, Boca do Acre municipality, Amazonas State, Brazil |
| Other Titles: | Ocorrência da mansonella ozzardi (nematoda, onchocercidae) em comunidades ribeirinhas do rio purus, município de boca do acre, amazonas, brasil |
| Authors: | Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes de Py-Daniel, Victor Barbosa, Ulysses Carvalho Ogawa, Guilherme Maerschner |
| Keywords: | Adolescent Adult Age Aged Animals Blood Chi-square Distribution Child Demography Disease Carrier Disease Transmission Female Fly Human Isolation And Purification Male Mansonella Mansonelliasis Microfilaria Middle Aged Occupation Parasitology Physiology Child, Preschool Prevalence River Sex Difference Sex Ratio Statistics Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Animal Blood Chi-square Distribution Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Insect Vectors Male Mansonella Mansonelliasis Microfilaria Middle Aged Occupations Prevalence Residence Characteristics Rivers Sex Distribution Sex Factors Simuliidae Young Adult |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 25, Número 6, Pags. 1421-1426 |
| Abstract: | The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi and calculate the parasitic infection rate in simuliid blackflies. The research was conducted in communities on the Purus River, Boca do Acre municipality, Amazonas State, Brazil. Prevalence was measured using the thick smear method. Captured blackflies were dissected to verify the parasitic infection rate. M. ozzardi prevalence was 27.30% (77/282). The study showed higher prevalence in men (31.97%) than women (22.22%), farmers (48.99%), and individuals in the 38-47 (60.00%), 48-57 (66.66%), and 58-67-year age brackets (75.00%). Microfilaremia was higher in individuals 58 to 67 years of age (average= 58.41mf/40μl), men (41.44mf/40μl), and farmers (49.94mf/40μl). Only the simuliid Cerqueirellum amazonicum was found infected with a parasitic infection rate of 0.98%. |
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