Zoonotic infection with Onchocerca dewittei japonica in an 11-year-old boy in Kansai Region, Western Honshu, Japan

An 11-year-old boy living in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Kansai Region, Western Honshu, Japan had zoonotic onchocercosis. The patient developed a painful swelling on the little finger of his left hand. The worm detected in the excised mass had external transverse ridges but did not have inner stria...

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Main Authors:	Uni, S., Fukuda, M., Ogawa, K., Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian, Agatsuma, T., Bunchom, N., Saijuntha, W., Otsuka, Y., Bhassu, Subha, Mat Udin, A.S., Zainuri, N.A., Omar, Hasmahzaiti, Nakatani, J., Matsubayashi, M., Maruyama, H., Ramli, Rosli, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd, Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2017
Subjects:	QH301 Biology
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/17590/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2017.06.006
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