Molecular Verification of New World Mansonella perstans Parasitemias

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 545 - 547
• Main Authors: Tavares da Silva, Lucyane Bastos, Crainey, James Lee, Ribeiro da Silva, Túllio Romão, Suwa, Uziel Ferreira, Vicente, Ana Carolina Paulo, Fernandes de Medeiros, Jansen, Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa, Luz, Sérgio Luiz Bessa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.03.2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Amazonas; Analysis; Animals; Brazil; Cruz, Oswaldo; DNA sequencing; DNA, Protozoan - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; Epidemiology; Humans; Mansonella - genetics; Mansonella - isolation & purification; Mansonella parasitemia; Mansonelliasis - blood; Mansonelliasis - epidemiology; Mansonelliasis - parasitology; Mitochondrial DNA; molecular verification; Molecular Verification of New World; New World; Parasitemia - epidemiology; Parasitemia - parasitology; Parasitemias; Phylogeny; Research Letter; Roundworms; São Gabriel da Cachoeira; South America; Brazil; Africa; Latin America; Mansonella ozzardi; vector-borne diseases; Africa; São Gabriel da Cachoeira; molecular verification; Mansonella parasitemia; Mansonella perstans; Amazonas; Culicoides midges; Brazil; parasites; parasitic infection; New World
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2303.161159

We obtained ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequences from residents of Amazonas state, Brazil, with Mansonella parasitemias. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences confirm that M. ozzardi and M. perstans parasites occur in sympatry and reveal the close relationship between M. perstans in Africa and Brazil, providing insights into the parasite's New World origins.