Deep-sequencing reveals occult mansonellosis co-infections in residents from the Brazilian Amazon village of São Gabriel da Cachoeira.

Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans infections both cause mansonellosis, but are usually treated differently. Using a real-time PCR assay and deep-sequencing, we reveal the presence of mansonellosis co-infections that were undetectable by standard diagnostic methods. Our results confirm mansonellosis co-infections and have important implications for the disease´s treatment and diagnosis.

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