Case report: First evidence of human zoonotic infection by Onchocerca lupi (spirurida, onchocercidae)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-58

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Sakru, Nermin ^b   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Gürlü, Vuslat P ^b   Yakar, Konuralp ^b   Lia, Riccardo P ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Bain, Odile ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 12S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA LUPI; ONCHOCERCA LUPI INFECTION; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ONCHOCERCA LUPI; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS, OCULAR; PHYLOGENY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79952271898     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0465     Document Type: Article

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