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.
Koehsler
Martina
M
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Soleiman
Afschin
A
Aspöck
Horst
H
Auer
Herbert
H
Walochnik
Julia
J
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009854:Onchocerca / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology