Linda Batsa Debrah, Joseph F Arthur, Augustine Yeboah, Dorcas O Owusu, Ernest Adankwah, Isaac Acheampong, Difery Minadzi, Millicent Lamptey, Vera Serwaa Opoku, Wilfred Aniagyei, Monika M Vivekanandan, Mohammed K Abass, Amidu Gawusu, Samuel Wanji, Alexander Y Debrah, Marc Jacobsen, Richard O Phillips
BACKGROUND: Culicoides, also known as biting midges, carry pathogens which include Mansonella perstans. Mansonella perstans is a nematode parasite implicated in a number of disease outcomes. Even though a high prevalence of about 75% M. perstans infection has been recorded in some communities in the middle belt of Ghana, and a wide diversity of Culicoides species has been identified, the exact Culicoides species transmitting M. perstans in Ghana has not yet been deciphered. This study therefore aimed at assessing the species diversity of Culicoides and their role in the transmission of M...
March 12, 2024: Parasites & Vectors