A new case of zoonotic onchocercosis in northern Kyushu, Japan
| Autor: | Sakuhei Fujiwara, Rosli Ramli, Shigehiko Uni, Yuki Eshita, Kazuhiko Ihara, Jun Nakatani, Mohd Sofian Azirun, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Masako Fukuda, Yasushi Otsuka, Mizuki Goto, Yasuji Yoshikawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Veterinary medicine Swine Sus scrofa Onchocerciasis Electron Transport Complex IV Fingers Young Adult Japan Zoonoses parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans Onchocerca Cox1 gene Swine Diseases biology Base Sequence Zoonosis Sequence Analysis DNA Onchocerca dewittei DNA Helminth biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Onchocercosis Infectious Diseases Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | Parasitology international. 64(6) |
| ISSN: | 1873-0329 |
| Popis: | A case of zoonotic onchocercosis has been found in a resident who lived in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan for some time. A 24-year-old male developed a painful nodule on the middle finger of his right hand. The nodule was surgically removed from the vagina fibrosa tendinis of the finger at Beppu Medical Center, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture in 2012. The causative agent was identified as a female Onchocerca dewittei japonica based on its histopathological characteristics. The identity of the filarioid has been confirmed by sequencing the cox1 gene. The present study indicates that the zoonotic onchocercosis caused by O. dewittei japonica has been concentrated in northeast Kyushu. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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