Mansonia


Mansonia

 [man-so´ne-ah] a genus of mosquitoes comprising some 55 species, distributed primarily in tropical regions, important as vectors of microfilariae and viruses.

Mansonia

(man-sō'nē-ă), A genus of brown or black medium-sized mosquitoes (tribe Culicini), often with banded abdomen and legs; larvae and pupae have modified breathing tubes enabling them to pierce aquatic plants to obtain air. Mansonia mosquitoes are distributed worldwide and, in tropical areas, are important vectors of Brugia malayi; in some areas they also transmit Wuchereria bancrofti. [P. Manson]

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