@article{fdi:010065287,
  title = {{H}igh prevalence of {M}ansonella perstans filariasis in rural {S}enegal},
  author = {{B}assene, {H}. and {S}ambou, {M}. and {F}enollar, {F}. and {C}larke, {S}. and {D}jiba, {S}. and {M}ourembou, {G}. and {B}adara, {L}. {Y}. {A}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {M}ediannikov, {O}leg},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}arge parts of {A}frican and {A}merican countries are colonized by {M}ansonella, a very common but poorly described filarial nematode. {B}loodsucking flies of the genus {C}ulicoides are suspected to be the vector of {M}ansonella perstans, but no study in {S}enegal has confirmed that {C}ulicoides can transmit the parasite. {D}esigned specific real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (q{PCR}) can be used to identify microfilaria in stained blood smears. {T}his study was performed in {J}uly and {D}ecember 2010 in the southeastern {S}enegal, which is known to be endemic for {M}. perstans. {W}e analyzed 297 blood smears from febrile and afebrile resident people by q{PCR}. {T}he global prevalence of {M}. perstans was approximately 14.5% in both febrile and afebrile individuals. {T}he age group of > 30 years had the highest prevalence (22.0%). {N}o {C}ulicoides among 1,159 studied specimens was positive for {M}. perstans and its vector in {S}enegal still requires identification.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {93},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {601--606},
  ISSN = {0002-9637},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.4269/ajtmh.15-0051},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065287},
}