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The Occurrence of Microfilaria Ozzardi in Panama
O. R. McCoy
O. R. McCoy
Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Bacteriology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
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Summary
- 1. Microfilaria ozzardi was found in the blood of 44.5 per cent of 119 Indians examined in the Tuira River basin, Darien Province, Panama.
- 2. The infection rate in native villages in the same region varied from 2 to 57 per cent and averaged 9.9 per cent in the 244 natives examined.
- 3. A few cases of infection with M. ozzardi were found in the Chagres River valley, Panama, but all of these were recent arrivals from the Atrato River valley, Colombia.
- 4. No evidence was found that M. ozzardi is pathogenic or in any way a significant problem of public health importance.
- 5. Southeastern Panama is an endemic center of infection with M. ozzardi heretofore unknown in the geographical distribution of the parasite.
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