Current profile of Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in communities along the Ituxi river, Lábrea municipality, Amazonas, Brazil

The objective of this paper was to describe the current status of Mansonella ozzardi prevalence among the inhabitants of 12 communities along the Ituxi river, in Lábrea municipality, state of Amazonas. The prevalence of M. ozzardi was determined using thick blood smears obtained by digital punctures...

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Published in:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2008-06, Vol.103 (4), p.409-411
Main Authors: Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes, Py-Daniel, Victor, Barbosa, Ulysses Carvalho, Ogawa, Guilherme Maerschner
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Antiparasitic Agents - therapeutic use
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Filariasis
Filariasis - Mansonelliasis - Mansonella ozzardi
Freshwater
Humans
Ivermectin - therapeutic use
Male
Mansonella - isolation & purification
Mansonella ozzardi
Mansonelliasis
Mansonelliasis - diagnosis
Mansonelliasis - drug therapy
Mansonelliasis - epidemiology
Middle Aged
PARASITOLOGY
Prevalence
Rivers
TROPICAL MEDICINE
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Summary:The objective of this paper was to describe the current status of Mansonella ozzardi prevalence among the inhabitants of 12 communities along the Ituxi river, in Lábrea municipality, state of Amazonas. The prevalence of M. ozzardi was determined using thick blood smears obtained by digital punctures. M. ozzardi was found in 30.23% of the samples collected (39/129), with similar prevalence between genders (males: 30.30%; females: 30.16%); the highest prevalence was found in homemakers (45.45%) followed by farmers (38.77%). Among age groups, males and females older than 48 exhibited the highest rates. These results show a significative increase in the prevalence when compared to a epidemiological study made 26 years ago in the same area as well as a different epidemiological profile (gender and occupation) in relation to other areas in Amazonas.
ISSN:1678-8060
0074-0276
1678-8060
0074-0276
DOI:10.1590/S0074-02762008000400017