Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl
The nematode Onchocerca lupi is an emerging human pathogen. Though its life cycle is not well studied, it likely infects humans after a bite from a black fly vector, which in turn acquires infective microfilariae from an infected canid. These microfilariae mature into an infective larval stage withi...
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| author | Dorothy Bowers Wu Brandon Ko Gloria Lopez Hernandez James Botros Heather Spader Sarah Sapp Yvonne Qvarnstrom Christopher D. Paddock Paul T. Cantey Walter Dehority |
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| description | The nematode Onchocerca lupi is an emerging human pathogen. Though its life cycle is not well studied, it likely infects humans after a bite from a black fly vector, which in turn acquires infective microfilariae from an infected canid. These microfilariae mature into an infective larval stage within the fly. Among six reported cases in the United States, five involved children, and all occurred in the southwest. In this report, we present a case of O. lupi infection with cervical spine invasion in a healthy 10-year-old girl. She presented with five months of neurological symptoms from a rural and medically underserved area, highlighting a need for clinical vigilance in such settings for this emerging infectious threat in the American southwest. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e4750c31d1f34e4d8541ecca4e4a040d2025-08-20T02:21:34ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66332022-01-01202210.1155/2022/9773058Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old GirlDorothy Bowers Wu0Brandon Ko1Gloria Lopez Hernandez2James Botros3Heather Spader4Sarah Sapp5Yvonne Qvarnstrom6Christopher D. Paddock7Paul T. Cantey8Walter Dehority9The University of New Mexico School of MedicineThe University of New Mexico School of MedicineThe University of New Mexico School of MedicineThe University of New Mexico School of MedicineThe University of New Mexico School of MedicineThe Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe University of New Mexico School of MedicineThe nematode Onchocerca lupi is an emerging human pathogen. Though its life cycle is not well studied, it likely infects humans after a bite from a black fly vector, which in turn acquires infective microfilariae from an infected canid. These microfilariae mature into an infective larval stage within the fly. Among six reported cases in the United States, five involved children, and all occurred in the southwest. In this report, we present a case of O. lupi infection with cervical spine invasion in a healthy 10-year-old girl. She presented with five months of neurological symptoms from a rural and medically underserved area, highlighting a need for clinical vigilance in such settings for this emerging infectious threat in the American southwest.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9773058 |
| spellingShingle | Dorothy Bowers Wu Brandon Ko Gloria Lopez Hernandez James Botros Heather Spader Sarah Sapp Yvonne Qvarnstrom Christopher D. Paddock Paul T. Cantey Walter Dehority Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl |
| title_full | Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl |
| title_fullStr | Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl |
| title_short | Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl |
| title_sort | neuroinvasive onchocerca lupi infection in a ten year old girl |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9773058 |
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