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 |