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Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 11, Pp 1749-1752 (2007)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.
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Abstract
- We identified Onchocerca jakutensis as the causative agent of an unusual human filariasis in a patient with lupus erythematosus. To our knowledge, this is the first case of human infection with O. jakutensis and the first human case of zoonotic onchocercosis involving >1 worm.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b1b0be03a5c94b93aea4465e2aca97b6
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070017