Case Report
An Unexpected Cause of Eye Irritation: A Case of Zoonotic Ocular Onchocerciasis
Table 1
Morphologic features of zoonotic Onchocerca species and their chief identifying feature.
| Onchocerca sp. | Identifying characteristics |
| O. guttorosa (cattle) | Four striae per interridge | O. cervicalis (horses) | Three to four striae per inter-ridge | O. lupi (wolves, cats) | Two internal striae per every inter-ridge | O. jakutensis (European deer) | Three to four elongated striae per inter-ridge | O. dewittei japonica (wild boar) | Marked external transverse with no inner striae [13]. |
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