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Autochthonous, zoonotic Onchocerca lupi in a South Texas dog, United States

2024-01-30

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Onchocerca lupi is an emerging, zoonotic filarioid nematode associated with ocular disease in companion animals. We report the first autochthonous case of O. lupi in a dog from Hidalgo County, southern Texas, USA. An 11-year-old, castrated male, Pitbull dog from McAllen, Hidalgo County, southern Texas with no travel history, was diagnosed with a perforating corneal ulceration of the right eye. Enucleation was per...

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Literature Corpus work: 996e56d9-aa00-543e-b1f5-ffc63329406b
DOI: 10.22541/au.170664858.85378695/v1

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