Mansonella

Mansonella
M. ozzardi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Onchocercidae
Genus: Mansonella
Faust, 1929
Species

9 species (see text)

     Endemic areas
Synonyms
  • Cutifilaria Bain & Schulz-Key, 1974
  • Esslingeria Chabaud & Bain, 1976
  • Parlitomosa Nagaty, 1935
  • Sandnema Chabaud & Bain, 1976
  • Tetrapetalonema Faust, 1935
  • Tupainema Eberhard & Orihel, 1984

Mansonella is a genus of parasitic nematodes. It includes three species that are responsible for the disease mansonelliasis: Mansonella ozzardi, M. perstans, and M. streptocerca. A potential fourth species has been identified in Gabon in 2015 and proposed as a new species Mansonella sp. "DEUX". Whole-genome sequences from Mansonella perstans, Mansonella ozzardi, and the newly proposed species Mansonella sp. "DEUX" have been assembled.

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