Raccurt C P
Department of Infectious and Communicable Diseases,Quisqueya University,Port-au-Prince,Haïti.
J Helminthol. 2018 Nov;92(6):655-661. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X17000955. Epub 2017 Oct 25.
Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) is a little studied filarial nematode. This human parasite, transmitted by two families of dipteran vectors, biting midges (most of them members of the genus Culicoides) and blackflies (genus Simulium), is endemic to the Neotropical regions of the New World. With a patchy geographical distribution from southern Mexico to north-western Argentina, human infection with M. ozzardi is highly prevalent in some of the Caribbean islands, along riverine communities in the Amazon Basin, and on both sides of the border between Bolivia and Argentina. Studies conducted in Haiti between 1974 and 1984 allowed the first complete description of the adult worm and permitted clarification of the taxonomic position of this filarial species. This paper reports the known geographical distribution of M. ozzardi in Neotropical regions of the Americas, and focuses on the current situation in Haiti where this filariasis remains a completely neglected public health problem.
奥氏曼森线虫（线虫纲：盘尾丝虫科）是一种研究较少的丝虫线虫。这种人体寄生虫由两类双翅目媒介传播，即蠓（大多数为库蠓属成员）和蚋（蚋属），在新大陆的新热带地区呈地方性流行。从墨西哥南部到阿根廷西北部，其地理分布零散，在一些加勒比岛屿、亚马逊盆地的沿河社区以及玻利维亚和阿根廷边境两侧，人类感染奥氏曼森线虫的情况极为普遍。1974年至1984年在海地开展的研究首次对成虫进行了完整描述，并明确了该丝虫物种的分类地位。本文报告了奥氏曼森线虫在美洲新热带地区已知的地理分布，并重点关注海地的现状，在该国这种丝虫病仍然是一个完全被忽视的公共卫生问题。
