Mansonella streptocerca

Mansonella streptocerca
a species found in humans and chimpanzees in western and central Africa, transmitted by biting flies of genus Culicoides. The microfilariae, which may be found in scarification smears, are sometimes confused with those of Onchocerca volvulus. There is a pruritic rash resembling that of onchocerciasis. Formerly classified under the genera Acanthocheilonema and Dipetalonema.

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