Pulmonary localization of Mansonella perstans in a 16 months-old male patient in a tertiary care hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

INTRODUCTION: Mansonella perstans is a human filarial parasite transmitted by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) belonging to the genus Culicoides and it is widely spread in sub-Saharan Africa. While most cases are asymptomatic, mansonelliasis can be associated with angioedema, arthralgia, swe...

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Autori principali: Kabego, Landry, Kasengi, Joe Bwija, Mirindi, Patrick, Ruhanya, Vurayai, Lupande, David, Bulabula, André, Ngoma, Patrick
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: National Institute of Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Balş”, Romania, and the European Academy of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases 2016
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Case Report
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5187756/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28053918
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1101
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