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High prevalence of mansonella ozzardi infection in the Amazon Region, Ecuador

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2019) 25(11) 2081-2083
DOI: 10.3201/eid2511.181964
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Abstract

We reviewed Giemsa-stained thick blood smears, obtained through the national malaria surveillance program in the Amazon region of Ecuador, by light microscopy for Mansonella spp. microfilariae. Of 2,756 slides examined, 566 (20.5%) were positive. Nested PCR confirmed that the microfilariae were those of M. ozzardi nematodes, indicating that this parasite is endemic to this region.

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Calvopina, M., Chiluisa-Guacho, C., Toapanta, A., Fonseca, D., & Villacres, I. (2019). High prevalence of mansonella ozzardi infection in the Amazon Region, Ecuador. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(11), 2081–2083. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181964

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