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Mansonella ozzardi and its vectors in the New World: an update with emphasis on the current situation in Haiti

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2017

C.P. Raccurt
C.P. Raccurt*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious and Communicable Diseases, Quisqueya University, Port-au-Prince, Haïti
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Author for correspondence: C.P. Raccurt, E-mail: raccurt@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) is a little studied filarial nematode. This human parasite, transmitted by two families of dipteran vectors, biting midges (most of them members of the genus Culicoides) and blackflies (genus Simulium), is endemic to the Neotropical regions of the New World. With a patchy geographical distribution from southern Mexico to north-western Argentina, human infection with M. ozzardi is highly prevalent in some of the Caribbean islands, along riverine communities in the Amazon Basin, and on both sides of the border between Bolivia and Argentina. Studies conducted in Haiti between 1974 and 1984 allowed the first complete description of the adult worm and permitted clarification of the taxonomic position of this filarial species. This paper reports the known geographical distribution of M. ozzardi in Neotropical regions of the Americas, and focuses on the current situation in Haiti where this filariasis remains a completely neglected public health problem.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 92 , Issue 6 , November 2018 , pp. 655 - 661
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