Zoonotic filariasis caused by Onchocerca dewittei japonica in a resident of Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-480

  Uni, Shigehiko ^a   Boda, Tomoyuki ^b   Daisaku, Koichi ^b   Ikura, Yoshihiro ^a   Maruyama, Haruhiko ^c   Hasegawa, Hideo ^d   Fukuda, Masako ^d,e   Takaoka, Hiroyuki ^d   Bain, Odile ^f  

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

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cuticular characteristics; Filarioidea; Japan; Onchocerca dewittei japonica; Wild boar; Zoonotic onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; FILARIASIS; HORSE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KNEE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA DEWITTEI JAPONICA; ONCHOCERCA JAKUTENSIS; ONCHOCERCA LUPI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SIMULIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; WILD ANIMAL; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALIA; BOS; EQUIDAE; FILARIOIDEA; JAPONICA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA LUPI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 77955316854     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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