Mansonella perstans--the importance of an endosymbiont

N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 8;361(15):1502-4. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe0905193.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Elephantiasis, Filarial / complications
  • Elephantiasis, Filarial / drug therapy
  • Filaricides / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Mansonella
  • Mansonelliasis / complications
  • Mansonelliasis / drug therapy*
  • Rickettsiaceae Infections / complications*
  • Rickettsiaceae Infections / drug therapy
  • Symbiosis*
  • Wolbachia*
  • Wuchereria bancrofti / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Filaricides
  • Doxycycline