Zoonotic infection caused by Onchocerca japonica (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in a 69-year-old woman in Kanto Region, Eastern Honshu, Japan

• Main Authors: Okazaki, Daijiro, Fukuda, Masako, Hebisawa, Akira, Uni, Shigehiko, Junker, Kerstin, Suzuki, Yoshio, Nakano, Michiyo, Agatsuma, Takeshi, Hasegawa, Hideo, Yamada, Minoru, Nakatani, Jun, Hara, Tatsuru, Martin, Coralie, Kimura, Daisuke, Takaoka, Hiroyuki
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/41191/

Reports of zoonotic infections caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca japonica have recently increased in Japan. A 69-year-old woman living in Sosa City, Chiba Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu, developed a painful nodule at the metacarpophalangeal joint of the index finger of her right hand. The...