Abstract
9 of 57 persons examined in the village of Codajaz, Brazil, showed microfilariae in the blood; these closely resembled microfilariae of Mansonella ozzardi. No microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus were found in skin snips. Circumstantial evidence suggests that the vector was Simulium amazonicum.
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