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Onchocerca jakutensis ocular infection in Poland: a new vector-borne human health risk?

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Zoonotic onchocerciasis is a vector-borne disease, which involves many animal species, including large ungulates, boars, dogs, and sporadically, humans. So far, 39 cases of zoonotic onchocerciasis have been reported worldwide, 30 of which have been found
M. Wesołowska, H. Zając-Pytrus, A. Masny, Wiktoria Pytrus, B. Knysz, E. Gołąb, R. Sałamatin   +6 more
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First description of Onchocerca jakutensis (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Switzerland

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, Ralph Manzanell, Alexander Mathis   +2 more
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Comparison of Diagnostic Tests for Onchocerca volvulus in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Pathogens, 2020
Onchocerciasis is diagnosed by detecting microfilariae in skin snips or by detecting OV16 IgG4 antibodies in blood by either enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or a rapid diagnostic test (RDT).
A. Hotterbeekx, Jolien Perneel, M. Mandro, Germain M Abhafule, J. S. Siewe Fodjo, Alfred Dusabimana, S. Abrams, S. Kumar-Singh, R. Colebunders   +8 more
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Zoonotic onchocerciasis in Hiroshima, Japan, and molecular analysis of a paraffin section of the agent for a reliable identification

Parasite, 2011
Japan is a country of high specific diversity of Onchocerca with eight species, the adults of two not yet known. Onchocerca dewittei japonica, a common filarial parasite of wild boar, had been proved to be the agent of five zoonotic onchocerciasis in ...
Fukuda M., Otsuka Y., Uni S., Boda T., Daisaku H., Hasegawa H., Takaoka H., Bain O.   +7 more
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Duplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Clinical Differentiation of Onchocerca lupi and Onchocerca volvulus.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020
In the United States and Europe, human onchocerciasis is a rare disease caused by zoonotic or anthropophilic parasites in the genus Onchocerca. The zoonotic species identified in focal areas of Europe and United States is Onchocerca lupi, and Onchocerca ...
Marcos de Almeida, Fernanda S. Nascimento, B. Mathison, H. Bishop, R. Bradbury, V. Cama, A. D. da Silva   +6 more
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The Functional Parasitic Worm Secretome: Mapping the Place of Onchocerca volvulus Excretory Secretory Products

Pathogens, 2020
Nematodes constitute a very successful phylum, especially in terms of parasitism. Inside their mammalian hosts, parasitic nematodes mainly dwell in the digestive tract (geohelminths) or in the vascular system (filariae). One of their main characteristics
L. Vanhamme, J. Souopgui, S. Ghogomu, Ferdinand Ngale Njume   +3 more
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Ongoing Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus after 25 Years of Annual Ivermectin Mass Treatments in the Vina du Nord River Valley, in North Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Background Recent reports of transmission interruption of Onchocerca volvulus, the causing agent of river blindness, in former endemic foci in the Americas, and more recently in West and East Africa, raise the question whether elimination of this ...
Albert Eisenbarth, Mbunkah Daniel Achukwi, Alfons Renz   +2 more
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Immunoselective progression of a multi-epitope-based subunit vaccine candidate to convey protection against the parasite Onchocerca lupi

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2023
Globalization has resulted in an increasing worldwide movement of humans and animals as well as changes in the external environment, temperature, and social interactions, resulting in the accelerated emergence of new diseases in humans and dogs, such as ...
Mohammad Nahian Rahman, Shakil Ahmed, Mahamudul Hasan, Md. Sabbir Ahmed Shuvo, Md. Anwarul Islam, Rakibul Hasan, Shiplu Roy, Hemayet Hossain, Md. Mukthar Mia   +8 more
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Infective larvae of five Onchocerca species from experimentally infected Simulium species in an area of zoonotic onchocerciasis in Japan

Parasite, 2008
Microfilariae of five Onchocerca species, O. dewittei japonica (the causative agent of zoonotic onchocerciasis in Oita, Kyushu, Japan) from wild boar (Sus scrofa), O. skrjabini and O. eberhardi from sika deer (Cervus nippon), O. lienalis from cattle, and
Fukuda M., Takaoka H., Uni S., Bain O.
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Onchocerca eberhardi n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from sika deer in Japan; relationships between species parasitic in cervids and bovids in the Holarctic region

Parasite, 2007
Onchocerca eberhardi n. sp. from the sika deer, Cervus nippon, in Japan is described. Adult worms lived in the carpal ligament; infection reached high levels (up to 25 female and 16 male worms in a single carpal limb).
Uni S., Bain O., Agatsuma T., Harada M., Torii H., Fukuda M., Takaoka H.   +6 more
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