Onchocerca ochengi: Mimic, model or modulator of O. volvulus?
1992; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0169-4758(92)90068-d
ISSN1873-1473
Autores Tópico(s)Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
ResumoThe cattle parasite, Onchocerca ochengi, is widely distributed in West Africa. Significantly, Simulium darnnosum, the vector o f the important human parasite, O. volvulus, the cause o f river blindness, also appears to be the vector of O. ochengi. For epidemiological reasons it is therefore vital to be able to distinguish the infective larvae o f these filoriae. Here, Sandy Trees also describes other features of the cattle parasite that make it of significance to investigations of human filariases.
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