Onchocerca jakutensis Filariasis in Humans

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.

Keywords

• Onchocerca jakutensis
• zoonosis
• filariasis
• PCR
• paraffin-embedded tissue
• lupus erythematosus