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SUBMITTER: Tavares da Silva LB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5382733 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tavares da Silva Lucyane Bastos LB Crainey James Lee JL Ribeiro da Silva Túllio Romão TR Suwa Uziel Ferreira UF Vicente Ana Carolina Paulo AC Fernandes de Medeiros Jansen J Pessoa Felipe Arley Costa FA Luz Sérgio Luiz Bessa SL
Emerging infectious diseases 20170301 3
We obtained ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequences from residents of Amazonas state, Brazil, with Mansonella parasitemias. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences confirm that M. ozzardi and M. perstans parasites occur in sympatry and reveal the close relationship between M. perstans in Africa and Brazil, providing insights into the parasite's New World origins. ...[more]