| geographical variation of mandible size and shape in the japanese wild pig (sus scrofa leucomystax). | the mandibles of the japanese wild pigs (sus scrofa leucomystax) from various geographical locations, which have been stored in the university of tokyo and national science museum, tokyo were examined. the mandibles from northern localities were larger in size than those from southern localities. the oita population was significantly smaller than the honshu populations. the mie population was smaller than the hyogo population in length from the angle of the mandible. in the multivariate analysis ... | 2000 | 10993177 |
| onchocerca dewittei japonica n. subsp., a common parasite from wild boar in kyushu island, japan. | we describe onchocerca dewittei japonica n. subsp. from the japanese wild boar, sus scrofa leucomystax, in oita, kyushu island, where all seven animals examined were found to be infected. this study began with efforts to identify the causative species in a recent case of zoonotic onchocerciasis. compared with onchocerca dewittei dewittei from sus scrofa jubatus in malaysia, which was reexamined here, our new subspecies has much greater space between the ridges on the females. in addition, its mi ... | 2001 | 11584751 |
| zoonotic onchocerciasis caused by a parasite from wild boar in oita, japan. a comprehensive analysis of morphological characteristics of the worms for its diagnosis. | histological examination of a nodule removed from the back of the hand of a 58-year-old woman from oita, kyushu, japan showed an onchocerca female sectioned through the posterior region of the worm (ovaries identifiable) and young (thin cuticle). six onchocerca species are enzootic in that area: o. gutturosa and o. lienalis in cattle, o. suzukii in serows (capricornis crispus), o. skrjabini and an onchocerca sp. in cervus nippon nippon, and o. dewittei japonica in wild boar (sus scrofa leucomyst ... | 2004 | 15490753 |
| new zoonotic cases of onchocerca dewittei japonica (nematoda: onchocercidae) in honshu, japan. | zoonotic infections with onchocerca species are uncommon, and to date only 25 clinical cases have been reported worldwide. in japan, five previous zoonotic infections were concentrated in oita, kyushu (the southern island), with one previous case in hiroshima in the western part of honshu (the main island). the causative agent in japan was identified as onchocerca dewittei japonica uni, bain & takaoka, 2001 from japanese wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax temminck, 1842). here we report two infe ... | 2015 | 25623081 |
| onchocerca takaokai n. sp. (nematoda: filarioidea) in japanese wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax): description and molecular identification of intradermal females. | human zoonotic onchocercosis is caused by onchocerca dewittei japonica, parasitic in wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax) in japan. previously, microfilariae longer than those of onchocerca dewittei japonica were observed in skin snips from wild boars during the study of o. dewittei japonica. moreover, the third-stage larvae (l3) of these longer microfilariae were obtained from the blackfly simulium bidentatum after experimental injections. based on morphometric and molecular studies, similar l3 ... | 2015 | 26165205 |