Onchocerca
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| Adult Black Fly with Onchocerca volvulus emerging from the insect's antenna. | |
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| Genus: | Onchocerca
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Onchocerca is a genus of parasitic roundworm. It contains one human parasite - Onchocerca volvulus - which is responsible for the neglected disease Onchocerciasis, also known as "River Blindness" because the infected humans tend to live near rivers where host black flies live. Over 40 million people are infected in Africa, Central America, and South America.[1] Other species affect cattle, horses, etc.[2]
List of species
- Onchocerca armillata
- Onchocerca cervicalis
- Onchocerca dukei
- Onchocerca fasciata
- Onchocerca flexuosa
- Onchocerca gibsoni
- Onchocerca gutturosa
- Onchocerca jakutensis
- Onchocerca linealis
- Onchocerca lupi
- Onchocerca ochengi
- Onchocerca ramachandrini [3]
- Onchocerca tubingensis
- Onchocerca volvulus
References
- ^ "Medical Microbiology", Indiana State University. Accessed 14 February 2008.
- ^ Bain, O.; Rehbinder, C. (1986). "Nouvelle Onchocerque, Onchocerca alcis n. sp. parasite de l'élan, Alces alces, en Suède". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 61 (4): 447–455. doi:10.1051/parasite/1986614447. ISSN 0003-4150.
- ^ Bain, O.; Wahl, G.; Renz, A. (1993). "Onchocerca ramachandrini n. sp. from the warthog in Cameroon". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 68 (3): 139–143. doi:10.1051/parasite/1993683139. ISSN 0003-4150.
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