Adami Y L, Moraes M A P, Lanfredi R M, Maia-Herzog M
Laboratório de Simulídeos, Referência Nacional em Simulídeos, Oncocercose e Mansonelose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Parasitol Res. 2008 Dec;104(1):95-9. doi: 10.1007/s00436-008-1164-4. Epub 2008 Sep 9.
An unidentified microfilaria sharing characteristics with Mansonella ozzardi and Onchocerca volvulus was detected in blood samples from seven human volunteers, inhabitants of a community in the border of Amazonas and Acre State. They were detected during epidemiological studies carried out in some communities along Antimary, Acre, and Purus Rivers in the Brazilian Amazon. The most striking difference was presented in the shape of the cephalic space from this microfilaria which was different from those of M. ozzardi and with similarities to O. volvulus in this region, but no remarkable differences were observed at the caudal region. More accurate studies are being carried out in order to provide additional data and supporting evidences before establishment of a new species can be done.
在来自亚马孙州和阿克里州边境一个社区的7名人类志愿者的血液样本中，检测到一种与奥氏曼森线虫和盘尾丝虫具有共同特征的未鉴定微丝蚴。这些微丝蚴是在巴西亚马孙地区沿安蒂马里河、阿克里河和普鲁斯河的一些社区进行的流行病学研究中检测到的。最显著的差异在于这种微丝蚴头部空间的形状，它与奥氏曼森线虫不同，在该区域与盘尾丝虫有相似之处，但在尾部区域未观察到明显差异。为了在确定新物种之前提供更多数据和支持证据，正在进行更精确的研究。
