| Literature DB >> 26209456 |
Masako Fukuda1, Shigehiko Uni2, Yasushi Otsuka3, Yuki Eshita4, Jun Nakatani5, Kazuhiko Ihara6, Yasuji Yoshikawa7, Mizuki Goto8, Sakuhei Fujiwara8, Rosli Ramli9, Mohd Sofian Azirun9, Hiroyuki Takaoka9.
Abstract
A case of zoonotic onchocercosis has been found in a resident who lived in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan for some time. A 24-year-old male developed a painful nodule on the middle finger of his right hand. The nodule was surgically removed from the vagina fibrosa tendinis of the finger at Beppu Medical Center, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture in 2012. The causative agent was identified as a female Onchocerca dewittei japonica based on its histopathological characteristics. The identity of the filarioid has been confirmed by sequencing the cox1 gene. The present study indicates that the zoonotic onchocercosis caused by O. dewittei japonica has been concentrated in northeast Kyushu.Entities:
Keywords: Blackfly; Filarioid; Onchocerca; Wild boar; Zoonosis
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26209456 DOI： 10.1016/j.parint.2015.07.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitol Int ISSN： 1383-5769 Impact factor: 2.230