Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans

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.

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Autores principales: Koehsler, Martina, Soleiman, Afschin, Aspöck, Horst, Auer, Herbert, Walochnik, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18217562
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070017
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author Koehsler, Martina
Soleiman, Afschin
Aspöck, Horst
Auer, Herbert
Walochnik, Julia
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-33758102012-06-21 Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans Koehsler, Martina Soleiman, Afschin Aspöck, Horst Auer, Herbert Walochnik, Julia Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3375810/ /pubmed/18217562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070017 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Koehsler, Martina
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Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans
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title_full Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans
title_fullStr Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans
title_full_unstemmed Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans
title_short Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans
title_sort onchocerca jakutensis filariasis in humans
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18217562
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070017
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