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First human infection with Onchocerca takaokai (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) presenting as creeping eruption in Japan [PDF]
ParasiteZoonotic onchocerciasis is a rare human infection caused by Onchocerca species that normally parasitize non-human mammals. In Japan, all previously reported human cases have been attributed to Onchocerca japonica and have presented as localized, non ...
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Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 We identified Onchocerca jakutensis as the causative agent of an unusual human filariasis in a patient with lupus erythematosus. To our knowledge, this is the first case of human infection with O.
Martina Koehsler +4 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 Onchocercosis is a parasitic disease caused by over 30 Onchocerca spp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) and predominantly affecting ungulates. Four Onchocerca spp. have been described in the European red deer (Cervus elaphus).
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Presence of a cryptic Onchocerca species in black flies of northern California, USA
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) serve as arthropod vectors for various species of Onchocerca (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) that may be associated with disease in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.
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A rare case of cutaneous onchocerciasis in North-East India, review of literature
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2020 Onchocerca volvulus is a spirurid nematode that mainly affects the rural poor of Sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, and parts of Central and South America. River blindness caused by Onchocerca volvulus is considered to be the second most common infectious cause ...
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Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1994 Des nodules sous-cutanés et de la peau ombilicale sont prélevés sur 6 Bos indicus onchocerquiens au Cameroun, pour l'étude anatomopathologiq ue. Les nodules à Onchocerca ochengi et Onchocerca dukei ont la même structure que celle des nodules à Onchocerca
P.N. Vuong +3 more
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Ivermectin inhibits growth of Chlamydia trachomatis in epithelial cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Ivermectin is currently approved for treatment of both clinical and veterinary infections by nematodes, including Onchocerca cervicalis in horses and Onchocerca volvulus in humans.
Matthew A Pettengill +4 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2016 Twenty-seven species of the genus Onchocerca (Nematoda; Filarioidea) can cause a vector-borne parasitic disease called onchocercosis. Most Onchocerca species infect wild and domestic ungulates or the dog, and one species causes river blindness in humans ...
Felix Bosch +2 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 This paper reports the occurrence for the first time in Italy of autochthonous Onchocerca infection in donkeys. Four jennies, bred on the same farm, were referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Pisa for a check-up on ovarian activity (n = 3) or ...
Roberto Amerigo Papini +2 more
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Zoonotic Implications of Onchocerca Species on Human Health
Pathogens, 2020 The genus Onchocerca includes several species associated with ungulates as hosts, although some have been identified in canids, felids, and humans. Onchocerca species have a wide geographical distribution, and the disease they produce, onchocerciasis, is
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