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Case Reports
. 2007 Nov;13(11):1749-52.
doi: 10.3201/eid1311.070017.

Onchocerca jakutensis filariasis in humans

Martina Koehsler  1 , Afschin Soleiman, Horst Aspöck, Herbert Auer, Julia Walochnik
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Case Reports

Onchocerca jakutensis filariasis in humans

Martina Koehsler et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Nov.

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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Transverse section of a female worm and surrounding tissue isolated from the patient (hematoxylin and eosin stained). Scale bar = 100 μm.
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