Raccurt Christian Pierre, Brasseur Philippe, Boncy Jacques
Laboratoire National de Santé Publique, Port-au-Prince, Haïti.
Unité de Recherche sur les Maladie Infectieuses Tropicales Emergentes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 198, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Dakar, Sénégal.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2014 Sep;109(6):709-11. doi: 10.1590/0074-0276140107.
Reported in Haiti as early as 1923, Mansonella ozzardi is still a neglected disease ignored by the health authorities of the country. This review is an update on the geographic distribution of the coastal foci of mansonelliasis in Haiti, the epidemiological profile and prevalence rates of microfilariae in people living in endemic areas, the clinical impact of the parasite on health and the efficiency of the transmission of the parasite among three Culicoides biting-midge species identified as vectors in Haiti. Additionally, interest in establishing a treatment programme to combat this parasite using a single dose of ivermectin is emphasised.
早在1923年,海地就有关于奥氏曼森线虫的报道,但它仍是该国卫生当局忽视的一种被忽视疾病。本综述是对海地曼森线虫病沿海疫源地的地理分布、流行地区人群中微丝蚴的流行病学概况和患病率、该寄生虫对健康的临床影响以及在海地被确定为传播媒介的三种蠓科叮咬蠓物种间寄生虫传播效率的最新情况。此外,还强调了对使用单剂量伊维菌素建立防治该寄生虫治疗方案的关注。