Mansonella


Mansonella

 [man″so-nel´ah] a genus of nematode parasites of the superfamily Filarioidea. M. ozzar´di is found in the mesentery and visceral fat of humans in Central and South America.

Mansonella

(man'sō-nel'ă), A genus of filaria, widely distributed in tropic Africa and South America, that infects the peritoneal cavity, serous surfaces, or skin of humans and other primates with unsheathed microfilariae. The important human parasites Mansonella perstans and Mansonella streptocerca formerly were placed in the genera Dipetalonema, Acanthocheilonema, and Tetrapetalonema.

Mansonella

A genus of filaria, which includes M ozzardi and M perstans, that cause haematogenous and cutaneous infections.

Manson,

Sir Patrick, English authority on tropical medicine, 1844-1922. Schistosoma mansoni - a disease-causing parasite transmitted by snails.Mansonella - a genus of filaria, widely distributed in tropical Africa and South America.Mansonia - a genus of brown or black medium-sized mosquitoes.Manson disease - Synonym(s): Schistosoma mansoniManson eye worm - a widely distributed spiruroid nematode parasite of fowl. Synonym(s): Oxyspirura mansoniManson pyosis - obsolete term for a superficial pyogenic infection. Synonym(s): pemphigus contagiosusManson schistosomiasis - Synonym(s): schistosomiasis mansoniManson syndrome - pulmonary obliterative arteriolitis.Oxyspirura mansoni - Synonym(s): Manson eye wormschistosomiasis mansoni - infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Synonym(s): intestinal schistosomiasis; Manson disease; Manson schistosomiasis