Mansonella perstans infection in a Gabonese immigrant in Japan: an illustrative case of a clinical conundrum and management dilemma

J Travel Med. 2023 Nov 18;30(7):taad126. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad126.

Authors

Akira Kawashima¹, Hidetoshi Nomoto¹, Hidekazu Takagi², Kayoko Hayakawa¹, Kanako Komaki-Yasuda³, Shigeyuki Kano³, Norio Ohmagari¹

Affiliations

¹ Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan.
³ Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.

PMID: 37788045
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad126

No abstract available

Keywords: Gabon; Mansonella perstans; filariasis; migrant.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Emigrants and Immigrants
Gabon
Humans
Japan
Mansonelliasis* / diagnosis
Mansonelliasis* / drug therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents