Onchocerca lupi Nematodes in Dogs Exported from the United States into Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Verocai, Guilherme G. ; Conboy, Gary ; Lejeune, Manigandan ; Marron, Fany ; Hanna, Paul ; MacDonald, Erin ; Skorobohach, Brian ; Wilcock, Brian ; Kutz, Susan J. ; Gilleard, John S.
• Description:
  The Onchocerca lupi nematode is an emerging helminth capable of infecting pets and humans. We detected this parasite in 2 dogs that were imported into Canada from the southwestern United States, a region to which this nematode is endemic. We discuss risk for establishment of O. lupi in Canada.
• Subjects:
  Animals Commerce Communicable Diseases, Emerging Dispatch Dog Diseases Dogs Eye Diseases Female Onchocerca Onchocerciasis Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(8):1477-1479.
• Pubmed ID:
  27434170
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4982182
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Canada ; United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fc61481363327837f9ac5d6f8ee5facb089e1f45999279041deb9fb3aa8bd615
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40854/cdc_40854_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 575.88 KB ]