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Mansonella Species

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Name

The genus name honors the English scientist Patrick Manson (1844–1922). The species names are based on the following terms: Latin: perstare = persist; Greek: streptos = coiled; kerkos = tail. The English trivial names are M. perstans = American body cavity filaria; M. ozzardi = American connective tissue filaria; M. streptocerca = African skin filaria.

Geographic Distribution/Epidemiology

  1. (a)

    M. ozzardi: New world, humid, warm regions of Mexico until North Argentina; several millions of human cases.

  2. (b)

    M. perstans: Humid warm regions in West and Central Africa, focally on islands of the Caribbean Sea and in many countries of South and Central America. At least 40–50 millions of humans are infected.

  3. (c)

    M. streptocerca: Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, and countries of the Congo Basin. Many hundred thousands of humans are infected.

Morphology/Life Cycle

  1. (a)

    Mansonella ozzardi :The adult females reach a size of 8 cm × 0.25 cm and live in the peritoneal wall and in the peritoneal cavity....

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Further Reading

  • Adami YL et al (2014) New records of Mansonella ozzardi: a parasite that is spreading from the state of Amazonas to previously uninfected areas of the state of Acre in the Purus River region. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 109:87–92

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  • Akue JP et al (2011) Epidemiology of concomitant infection due to Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Gabon. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(10):e1329

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  • Degese MF et al (2012) Contribution of the PCR assay to the diagnosis of Mansonella ozzardi in endemic areas of Argentina. Rev Argent Microbiol 44:97–100

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  1. Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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  1. Institute of Zoomorphology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Mansonella Species. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_1852-2

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