Dipetalonema Perstans and Mansonella Ozzardi in Indians of Southern Venezuela

Paul C. Beaver Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

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James V. Neel Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

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T. C. Orihel Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1976.25.263
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Volume 25: Issue 2
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263–265
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Microfilariae were observed in 25 of 187 blood leucocyte-culture preparations made for chromosome studies on 28 Piaroa and 159 Yanomama Indians living near the Brazilian border of Amazonas, Venezuela. Among the Yanomama, 17 (10.7%) were infected, all with Mansonella ozzardi. Among the Piaroa, 8 (28.6%) were infected—3 with M. ozzardi, 4 with Dipetalonema perstans, and 1 with both species.

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Copyright © 1976 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1976
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06 Sep 1975
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Mar 1976
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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