Filariasis in Colombia: Prevalence of Mansonella Ozzardi in the Departamento de Meta, Intendencia Del Casanare, and Comisaría Del Vichada

Wieslaw J. Kozek International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Medicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Tulane Medical Center, Centro de Salud, Paz de Ariporo, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia

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Gloria Palma International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Medicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Tulane Medical Center, Centro de Salud, Paz de Ariporo, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia

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Wilson Valencia International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Medicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Tulane Medical Center, Centro de Salud, Paz de Ariporo, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia

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Camila Montalvo International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Medicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Tulane Medical Center, Centro de Salud, Paz de Ariporo, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia

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Joyce Spain International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Medicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Tulane Medical Center, Centro de Salud, Paz de Ariporo, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1984.33.70
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Volume 33: Issue 1
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70–72
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The prevalence and distribution of filarial infections among the inhabitants of adjacent regions of the Departamento del Meta, Intendencia del Casanare, and Comisaría del Vichada in northeastern Colombia was determined by collection and examination of blood samples using the Knott's method. Mansonella ozzardi, the only species detected, was found in 2.5% of the samples collected in Meta (6/243), in 4.9% from Casanare (12/247) and in 2.5% from Vichada (3/137). All of the microfilaria carriers were Indians who had migrated from other parts of eastern Colombia, principally from the interior of Meta and Vichada. These results indicate that filariases are not endemic in the regions examined, and suggest that influx of microfilaria carriers with sufficiently high microfilaremia could establish new foci of transmission in areas where appropriate vectors are abundant.

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Copyright © 1984 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1984
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10 Jun 1983
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Jan 1984
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0002-9637
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