Biology:Onchocerca
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Short description: Genus of roundworms
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| Adult Black Fly with Onchocerca volvulus emerging from the insect's antenna. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Onchocercidae |
| Genus: | Onchocerca |
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][3][4][5]
List of species
- Onchocerca armillata
- Onchocerca cervicalis
- Onchocerca dukei
- Onchocerca fasciata[4][6]
- Onchocerca flexuosa
- Onchocerca gibsoni[7]
- Onchocerca gutturosa
- Onchocerca jakutensis
- Onchocerca linealis
- Onchocerca lupi
- Onchocerca ochengi
- Onchocerca ramachandrini[8]
- Onchocerca tubingensis
- Onchocerca volvulus
References
- ↑ "Medical Microbiology" , Indiana State University. Accessed 14 February 2008.
- ↑ Bain, O.; Chabaud, A.-G.; Landau, I. (1978). "Trois nouvelles Onchocerques chez des Céphalophes du Gabon". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 53 (4): 403–419. doi:10.1051/parasite/1978534403. https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1978/04/parasite1978534p403/parasite1978534p403.html.
- ↑ 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. http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1986/04/parasite1986614p447/parasite1986614p447.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nasher, A. K. (2016). "Incidence and intensity of Onchocerca fasciata Railliet and Henry, 1910 in local camels in Saudi Arabia". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 61 (1): 77–80. doi:10.1051/parasite/198661177. ISSN 0003-4150. https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1986/01/parasite1986611p77/parasite1986611p77.html.
- ↑ Uni, S.; Bain, O.; Agatsuma, T.; Harada, M.; Torii, H.; Fukuda, M.; Takaoka, H. (2007). "Onchocerca eberhardi n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from sika deer in Japan; relationships between species parasitic in cervids and bovids in the Holarctic region". Parasite 14 (3): 199–211. doi:10.1051/parasite2007143199. ISSN 1252-607X. https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/2007/03/parasite2007143p199/parasite2007143p199.html.
- ↑ Mirzaei, Mohammad; Ghahvei, Younes; Lefoulon, Emilie; Lia, Riccardo Paolo; Otranto, Domenico; Martin, Coralie; Sazmand, Alireza (2018). "Morphological and molecular characterization of Onchocerca fasciata (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) from dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Iran". Parasite 25: 50. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018045. ISSN 1776-1042.
- ↑ Bain, O.; Beveridge, I. (1979). "Redescription d’Onchocerca gibsoni C. et J., 1910". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 54 (1): 69–80. doi:10.1051/parasite/1979541069. ISSN 0003-4150. https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/pdf/1979/01/parasite1979541p69.pdf.
- ↑ 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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