Description, molecular characteristics and Wolbachia endosymbionts of Onchocerca borneensis Uni, Mat Udin & Takaoka n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from the Bornean bearded pig Sus barbatus Müller (Cetartiodactyla: Suidae) of Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Uni, Shigehiko, Mat Udin, Ahmad Syihan, Agatsuma, Takeshi, Junker, Kerstin, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Bunchom, Naruemon, Fukuda, Masako, Martin, Coralie, Lefoulon, Emilie, Labat, Amandine, Khan, Faisal Ali Anwarali, Low, Van Lun, Cheah, Phaik Leng, Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian, Ramli, Rosli, Belabut, Daicus Martin, Zainuri, Nur Afiqah, Matsubayashi, Makoto, Omar, Hasmahzaiti, Bhassu, Subha, Uga, Shoji, Hashim, Rosli, Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd
• Format: Article
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: QH Natural history; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24783/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3907-8
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: The genus Onchocerca Diesing, 1841 includes species of medical importance, such as O. volvulus (Leuckart, 1893), which causes river blindness in the tropics. Recently, zoonotic onchocercosis has been reported in humans worldwide. In Japan, O. dewittei japonica Uni, Bain & Takaoka, 20...