Coyotes as Reservoirs for <i>Onchocerca lupi</i>, United States, 2015–2018
Chandler C. Roe, Hayley D. Yaglom, April L. Howard, Jennifer Urbanz, Guilherme G. Verocai, Lela V. Andrews, V. Harrison, Riley Barnes, Ted Lyons, Jolene R. Bowers, David M. Engelthaler
Abstract
O nchocerca lupi is a species of zoonotic, filarial nem- atode that causes onchocerciasis in dogs, cats, and humans. It was first described in 1967 in Georgia, then part of the USSR, in the periocular tissues of a wolf (Canis lupus lupus) (1) and has been reported in dogs (C. lupus domesticus). Since 2013, increased detection of O. lupi infections in dogs and humans in the United States and Europe has renewed interest in this parasite, its geographic distribution, and the range of its natural hosts (2).
Topics & Concepts
NematodeOnchocerciasisOnchocercaBiologyZoologyVeterinary medicineOnchocerca volvulusEcologyImmunologyMedicineParasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentInsects and Parasite InteractionsInsect and Pesticide Research