Mansonelosis en el area Sur-oriental de la Orinoquia Venezolana / Mansonelliasis in the southeast Venezuelan Orinoquia region
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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34(1): 61-70, Jan.-Feb. 1992.
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in Spanish
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RESUMO
Physical exam and skin biopsy were performed and peripheral blood samples drawn from 10 of the inhabitants of 26 jungle villages of the State of Bolívar, Venezuela. One hundred and fifty three Indians and an inhabitant of mixed blood from 13 different communities were found to be infected with mansonelliasis representing a global index of 36.40 in the endemic area. The parasitosis was found to be concentrated in three areas. The largest, located in the southwest of the country and forming part of an extent infected area embarking neighboring parts of Venezuela and Brazil, contains villages with a parasite index of 80.76 and 94.44. A second focus is located in the southeast, its carriers, as those of the first, are infected with Mansonella ozzardi. In a third, central eastern focus infections with Mansonella pertans were found. The patients infected with M. ozzardi were apparently asymptomatic and their physical exam was normal, even though individual parasite densities up to 30,000 microfilariae/ml blood and 22,000/gr skin were found.
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Indians, South American
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Disease Outbreaks
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Mansonelliasis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Venezuela
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Venezuela
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Oriente/VE
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