Prevalence of Onchocerca japonica and O. takaokai infections in the Japanese wild boar, Sus scrofa leucomystax, and the Ryukyu wild boar, S. s. riukiuanus, in Japan

• Main Authors: Uni, Shigehiko, Fukuda, Masako, Uga, Shoji, Agatsuma, Takeshi, Nakatani, Jun, Suzuki, Kazuo, Yokohata, Yasushi, Kimura, Daisuke, Takaoka, Hiroyuki
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25971/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2021.102313

Reports of zoonotic infections with Onchocerca japonica (Nematoda: Filarioidea), which parasitizes the Japanese wild boar, Sus scrofa leucomystax, have recently increased in Japan. To predict the occurrence of infection in humans, it is necessary to determine the prevalence of O. japonica infection...