Canine Infections with Onchocerca lupi Nematodes, United States, 2011–2014
Domenico Otranto
, Alessio Giannelli, Maria S. Latrofa, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Nicole Scotty Trumble, Matt Chavkin, Gavin Kennard, Mark L. Eberhard, and Dwight D. Bowman
Author affiliations: Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Italy (D. Otranto, A. Giannelli, M.S. Latrofa, F. Dantas-Torres); Aggeu Magalhães Research Institute, Recife, Brazil (F. Dantas-Torres); BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA (N. Scotty Trumble); Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Hospital, Englewood, Colorado, USA (M. Chavkin); Eye Care for Animals, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (G. Kennard); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.L. Eberhard); Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (D.D. Bowman)
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Figure 2. Phylogeny of Onchocerca lupi and other filarial nematode species based on partial sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene. Thelazia callipaeda was used as an outgroup. Bootstrap confidence values (values along branches) are for 8,000 replicates. GenBank accession numbers, number of haplotype sequences (values in parentheses), and geographic origins are shown. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.
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