Publications
| olecranon lesions caused by onchocerca skrjabini in wild japanese serows (capricornis crispus). | wild japanese serows (capricornis crispus) were found to have parasitic lesions in tendons that attached the musculus tricepus brachii to the olecranon. histopathological study of the lesions showed chronic tendinitis with multiple granulation nodules around the worms. the lesions were found in 138 of the 353 serows examined and were more frequent in aged animals than young ones. transverse ridges on the cuticle of the female midbody, the sizes and morphological features of the spicules, and the ... | 1997 | 9192361 |
| blackfly vectors of zoonotic onchocerciasis in japan. | studies of blackfly vectors of onchocerca dewittei japonica uni, bain & takaoka (spirurida: onchocercidae), a parasite of wild boar implicated in the aetiology of zoonotic onchocerciasis in japan, and six other zoonotic onchocerca species of this country are reviewed. molecular identification of infective larvae found in wild-caught female blackflies showed that simulium bidentatum (shiraki) (diptera: simuliidae) is a natural vector of o. dewittei japonica, and also onchocerca sp. sensu fukuda e ... | 2012 | 22827756 |