Onchocerca jakutensis filariasis in humans

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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.

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Koehsler, M., Soleiman, A., Aspöck, H., Auer, H., & Walochnik, J. (2007). Onchocerca jakutensis filariasis in humans. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(11), 1749–1752. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070017

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