The Onchocercidae are a family of nematodes in the superfamily Filarioidea. This family includes some of the most devastating human parasitic diseases, such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, loiasis, and other filariases.
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The taxonomy of nematodes in the order Spirurida is still in a state of flux, and the family Onchocercidae contains around 70–80 genera.[3] The following genera are included in the family Onchocercidae in the Wikispecies project and the Entrez Taxonomy Browser. The latter is the taxonomic system used in the NCBI family of databases, including PubMed.
- Acanthocheilonema
- Acanthocheilonema viteae (parasite of gerbils in Eastern Europe, Iran, and North Africa)
- Acanthocheilonema reconditum (parasite of dogs)
- Acanthocheilonema spirocauda (parasite of pinnipeds)
- Brugia
- Breinlia
- Cercopithifilaria
- Cercopithifilaria johnstoni (parasite of rodents and marsupials in Australia)
- Chandlerella
- Dipetalonema
- Dipetalonema reconditum (parasite of dogs, and sometimes humans)
- Dipetalonema repens (parasite of dogs, and sometimes humans)
- Dirofilaria
- Elaeophora
- Foleyella
- Foleyella furcata (parasite of lizards)
- Litomosa
- Litomosa westi (parasite of bats)
- Litomosoides
- Litomosoides brasiliensis (parasite of bats)
- Litomosoides scotti (parasite of the marsh rice rat)
- Litomosoides sigmodontis (parasite of rodents)
- Litomosoides wilsoni (parasite of opossums)
- Loa (see also Loa loa filariasis)
- Mansonella (see also mansonelliasis)
- Ochoterenella
- Ochoterenella digiticauda (parasite of amphibians)
- Onchocerca
- Onchocerca gibsoni (parasite of cattle in Asia and Australia)
- Onchocerca gutturosa (parasite of cattle in Africa, Europe, and North America)
- Onchocerca volvulus (parasite of humans in Africa, six countries in Latin America, and Yemen), cause of river blindness)
- Onchocerca lupi (parasite of canines in the United States, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, and Canada), cause of Canine Ocular Onchocerciasis)[4]
- Piratuba
- Piratuba digiticauda (parasite of amphibians)
- Sarconema
- Sarconema eurycerca (cause of heartworm in swans)
- Waltonella
- Waltonella flexicauda (parasite of bullfrogs)
- Wuchereria
- Wuchereria bancrofti (parasite of humans, cause of "bancroftian filariasis")
- Wuchereria kalimantani (parasite of monkeys in Indonesia)
Hassan HK, Bolcen S, Kubofcik J, Nutman TB, Eberhard ML, Middleton K, Wekesa, J.W., Ruedas, G., Nelson, K., Dubielzig, R., De Lombaert, M., Silverman, B., Schorling, J., Adler, P., Unnasch, T., and Beeler, S. (2015). Isolation of Onchocerca lupi in dogs and black flies, California, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2015 May 5. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2105.142011
