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- Title
Molecular Verification of New World Mansonella perstans Parasitemias.
- Authors
Tavares da Silva, Lucyane Bastos; Crainey, James Lee; Ribeiro da Silva, Túllio Romão; Suwa, Uziel Ferreira; Paulo Vicente, Ana Carolina; de Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes; Costa Pessoa, Felipe Arley; Bessa Luz, Sérgio Luiz; Vicente, Ana Carolina Paulo; Fernandes de Medeiros, Jansen; Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa; Luz, Sérgio Luiz Bessa
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
RIBOSOMAL DNA; MOLECULAR parasitology; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; PARASITEMIA; SYMPATRY (Ecology); ANIMALS; DNA; BIOLOGICAL evolution; FILARIASIS; NEMATODES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, p545
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2303.161159