“…The high prevalence rates observed in Haiti are close to those reported in the Amazonian area ( Lightner et al 1980 , Kozek et al 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1983 , 1984 , Formica & Botto 1990 , Bartoloni et al 1999 , Gómez & Guerrero 2000 , Medeiros et al 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2014 , , 2009 , 2011 , 2014 , Martins et al. 2010 , Basano et al 2011 , Adami et al 2014) and in the northeast of Argentina ( Taranto & Castelli 1988) . The non-specific symptoms reported in most cases could not be easily related to M. ozzardi .…”