Zoonotic Mansonella ozzardi in Raccoons, Costa Rica, 2019-2022

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 1930 - 1933
• Main Authors: Quesada, Joban, Alfaro-Segura, Paula, Solano-Barquero, Alberto, Vega, Karen, Rojas-Sánchez, Ernesto, Jiménez, Mauricio, Rojas, Alicia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.09.2024; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild - parasitology; Central America; Costa Rica; Costa Rica - epidemiology; Disease Reservoirs - parasitology; Disease Reservoirs - veterinary; Diseases; Dispatch; Distribution; Evaluation; Haplotypes; Health aspects; Health risks; History, 21st Century; Humans; in Raccoons, Costa Rica, 2019–2022; Infections; Mansonella - isolation & purification; Mansonella ozzardi; Mansonelliasis - diagnosis; Mansonelliasis - epidemiology; Mansonelliasis - parasitology; National parks; Nematoda; nematode; Onchocerciasis; Parasites; Pathogens; Phylogenetics; Procyon lotor; Public health; Public health administration; Raccoons; Raccoons - parasitology; Surveillance; Urban areas; Wildlife; Zoonoses; Zoonoses - epidemiology; Zoonoses - parasitology; Zoonotic; Costa Rica; Brazil; Argentina; United States > US; Panama; Central America; Procyon lotor; nematode; Mansonella ozzardi; filarioid; parasites; zoonoses; raccoons; Costa Rica
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3009.231415

Mansonella ozzardi, a filarioid parasite, causes human mansonellosis in the Americas. We identified raccoons (Procyon lotor) as wildlife reservoirs of M. ozzardi in Costa Rica. Noting the sympatry of free-ranging raccoons and humans, we conclude that mansonellosis is a considerable public health risk in the region.