| zoonotic filariasis caused by onchocerca dewittei japonica in a resident of hiroshima prefecture, honshu, japan. | a female of onchocerca sp. was found to be the probable causative agent of a subcutaneous nodule in the left knee of a 70-year-old man in a rural area of hiroshima prefecture, honshu, the main island of japan. we compared the characteristics of the agent with the features of the four previously suspected species found in cattle and horses in various parts of the world, as well as o. lupi and o. jakutensis that were suspected or proved, respectively, in zoonotic cases in europe. in addition, the ... | 2010 | 20561913 |
| zoonotic onchocerciasis in hiroshima, japan, and molecular analysis of a paraffin section of the agent for a reliable identification. | 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 kyushu island with morphological and molecular studies. the sixth case, at hiroshima in the main island, was identified to the same onchocerca species, based on adult characters observed on histological sections. to consolidate the identification, m ... | 2011 | 21678795 |
| 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 |