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Mansonella ozzardi infections in Indians of the Southwestern part of the state of Bolivar, Venezuela. 1980

G A Godoy, and G Volcan, and C Medrano, and A Teixeira, and L Matheus

Mansonella ozzardi infections were found in 80/139 (58%) of Indians living in the forest of the upper Caura River Basin located in the southwestern part of Bolivar State, Venezuela. In four (3%) of the blood samples a second type of microfilaria which could not be identified was also found.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007199	Indians, South American	Members of indigenous South American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.	Amerinds, South American,Indigenous South Americans,American Amerind, South,American Indian, South,American, Indigenous South,Americans, Indigenous South,Amerind, South American,Indian, South American,Indigenous South American,South American Amerind,South American Amerinds,South American Indian,South American Indians,South American, Indigenous,South Americans, Indigenous
D008366	Mansonella	A genus of parasitic nematodes whose organisms are distributed in Central and South America. Characteristics include a smooth cuticle and an enlarged anterior end.	Acanthocheilonema perstans,Dipetalonema perstans,Filaria demarquayi,Filaria ozzardi,Mansonella ozzardi,Tetrapetalonema,Mansonella perstans,Mansonellas,Tetrapetalonemas
D008368	Mansonelliasis	Infection with nematodes of the genus MANSONELLA. Symptoms include pruritus, headache, and articular swelling.	Acanthocheilonema perstans Infection,Dipetalonema perstans Infection,Mansonella perstans Infections,Mansonellosis,Acanthocheilonema perstans Infections,Dipetalonema perstans Infections,Infection, Acanthocheilonema perstans,Infection, Dipetalonema perstans,Infection, Mansonella perstans,Infections, Acanthocheilonema perstans,Infections, Dipetalonema perstans,Infections, Mansonella perstans,Mansonella perstans Infection,Mansonelliases,Mansonelloses,perstans Infection, Acanthocheilonema,perstans Infection, Dipetalonema,perstans Infection, Mansonella,perstans Infections, Acanthocheilonema,perstans Infections, Dipetalonema,perstans Infections, Mansonella
D008842	Microfilariae	The prelarval stage of Filarioidea found in the blood and tissues of mammals, birds and intermediate hosts (vector).	Microfilaria
D005368	Filariasis	Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.	Elaeophoriasis,Filarioidea Infections,Infections, Filarioidea,Elaeophoriases,Filariases,Filarioidea Infection,Infection, Filarioidea
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014687	Venezuela	A country in northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, located between Colombia and Guyana.