Onchocerca jakutensis filariasis in humans

Martina Koehsler; Afschin Soleiman; Horst Aspöck; Herbert Auer; Julia Walochnik

doi:10.3201/eid1311.070017

Onchocerca jakutensis filariasis in humans

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Nov;13(11):1749-52. doi: 10.3201/eid1311.070017.

Authors

Martina Koehsler¹, Afschin Soleiman, Horst Aspöck, Herbert Auer, Julia Walochnik

Affiliation

¹ Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / therapy
Middle Aged
Onchocerca / isolation & purification*
Onchocerciasis / drug therapy
Onchocerciasis / parasitology*
Onchocerciasis / surgery
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Renal Dialysis
Zoonoses / parasitology