Zoonotic Onchocerca in a Japanese Child
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 40 (3) , 298-300
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1989.40.298
Abstract
A female Onchocerca was found in histopathological sections of a nodule removed from the foot of a 2-year-old girl in southern Japan. As in previously reported cases in Switzerland, Crimea, Canada, and the USA, evident morphological features of the worm resembled those of Onchocerca gutturosa and O. cervicalis, which are known to exist in cervical ligaments of cattle and horses, respectively, in Japan and elsewhere.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Validité des deux espèces Onchocerca lienalis et O. gutturosa, chez les BovinsAnnales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 1978