An Onchocerca species of wild boar found in the subcutaneous nodule of a resident of Oita, Japan

Parasitology International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-93

  Takaoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Yanagi, Toshiaki ^b   Daa, Tsutomu ^a   Anzai, Saburo ^a   Aoki, Chiharu ^a   Fukuda, Masako ^a,c   Uni, Shigehiko ^d   Bain, Odile ^e  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Takada Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Japan; Onchocerca dewittei japonica; Onchocerciasis; Wild boar; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; WILD BOAR;

JAPONICA; ONCHOCERCA; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 13844272831     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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