Mansonelliasis

disease
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Also known as Acanthocheilonema perstans infectionAcanthocheilonemiasisDipetalonema infectionDipetalonema infectionsdipetalonemiasisinfection by Dipetalonema perstans (disorder) [ambiguous]Mansonella perstansMansonella perstans caused disease or disorderMansonella perstans infectionsMansonellosis

Summary

Mansonelliasis (MONDO:0005838) is a disease and 3 clinical trials. Top therapeutic interventions include albendazole and diethylcarbamazine. A subtype of Rhabditida infectious disease — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

  • Prevalence: Unknown (Worldwide)
  • Clinical trials: 3

Clinical features

Epidemiology

Prevalence records

1 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:

TypeClassValueGeographyValidation
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000EuropeNot yet validated

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical namemansonelliasis
Mondo IDMONDO:0005838
EFOEFO:0007357
MeSHD004154, D008368
Orphanet2459
DOIDDOID:1081, DOID:14422
ICD-10-CMB74.4
ICD-111504434405
NCITC34540, C84882
SNOMED CT15629006, 240849009
UMLSC0024759
MedGen6213
GARD0008216
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: Acanthocheilonema perstans infection · Acanthocheilonemiasis · Dipetalonema infection · Dipetalonema infections · dipetalonemiasis · infection by Dipetalonema perstans (disorder) [ambiguous] · Mansonella perstans · Mansonella perstans caused disease or disorder · Mansonella perstans infections · Mansonellosis

Disease family

This is a subtype of Rhabditida infectious disease. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism › infectious diseaseparasitic infectious diseasehelminthiasisNematoda infectious diseaseRhabditida infectious diseasemansonelliasis

Related subtypes (11): thelaziasis, ancylostomiasis, Ascaridida infectious disease, enterobiasis, oesophagostomiasis, setariasis, strongyloidiasis, trichostrongylosis, dirofilariasis, dracunculiasis, onchocerciasis

Subtypes (1): Mansonella ozzardi infection

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 3.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

PhaseTrials
Not specified3

Top trials by phase / activity

NCTPhaseStatusTitle
NCT00001230Not specifiedRECRUITINGHost Response to Infection and Treatment in Filarial Diseases
NCT06350851Not specifiedRECRUITINGDevelopment of a New Rapid Diagnostic Test to Support Onchocerciasis Elimination
NCT00215280Not specifiedCOMPLETEDEpidemiology and Control of Mansonella Perstans Infection in Uganda

Drugs tested across these trials (top 30)

MoleculeMax phaseTrials referencing
ALBENDAZOLE41
DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE41
CHEMBL26329101