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

abstract

• 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.

authors

• Verocai, Guilherme

published proceedings

• Emerg Infect Dis

author list (cited authors)

• Verocai, G. G., Conboy, G., Lejeune, M., Marron, F., Hanna, P., MacDonald, E., ... Gilleard, J. S.

complete list of authors

• Verocai, Guilherme G||Conboy, Gary||Lejeune, Manigandan||Marron, Fany||Hanna, Paul||MacDonald, Erin||Skorobohach, Brian||Wilcock, Brian||Kutz, Susan J||Gilleard, John S

publisher

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  Publisher

published in

• Emerging Infectious Diseases  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Canada
• Canine Ocular Onchocerciasis
• Commerce
• Communicable Diseases, Emerging
• Dog Diseases
• Dogs
• Eye Diseases
• Female
• Importation
• Nematode
• Onchocerca
• Onchocerca Lupi
• Onchocerciasis
• Parasites
• Phylogeny
• United States
• Vector-borne Infections
• Zoonoses

PubMed Central ID

• 27434170

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3201/eid2208.151918

start page

• 1477

end page

• 1479

volume

• 22

issue

• 8