Also known as Onchocerciasis rotunda. A type of worm found in tropical regions such as Africa and Central and South America, it causes onchocerciasis. It belongs to the phylum Psectinatus, class Nematoda, family Dipetalonematidae. The adult worm is a long, slender nematode (roundworm) with a body length of 33.5-50 cm for females and 19-42 mm for males, about one-tenth of that length, and a body width of 0.3-0.4 mm or 0.1-0.2 mm, respectively. It parasitizes in the subcutaneous tissue of humans by forming a coiled mass. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
回旋シジョウチュウ(糸状虫)ともいう。アフリカ,中南米などの熱帯地方に分布するシジョウチュウの1種で,オンコセルカ症の原因となる。袋形動物門線虫綱ディペタロネマティダエ科に属し,成虫の体長は雌33.5~50cm,雄はその約1/10の19~42mm,体幅はそれぞれ0.3~0.4mm,あるいは0.1~0.2mmで細長いセンチュウ(線虫)であるが,ヒトの皮下組織内にコイル状になって寄生し,皮下腫瘤(こぶ)を形成する。
出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報 |
<<: Tuning fork - Onsa (English spelling)
>>: Magistrate of a distant country - Ongokubugyo
… [Mitsuru Hotta]... *Some of the terminology tha...
Also called negative numbers. A real number smalle...
A gastropod of the Muricidae family (illustration)...
...This activation is related to deviation from t...
In the Middle Ages, in private disputes, initiatin...
Milking machine. A device that creates a vacuum in...
…[Tetsuo Koyama]. … *Some of the terminology that...
…The meaning of the word Ason is a compound word ...
This hot spring is located in Ebino City in the so...
...An uprising in 1794 by farmers in western Penn...
A politician from the Northern Song Dynasty in Ch...
…Of these, pain originating from the heart is dis...
A city in the middle reaches of the Muko River in ...
Leader of the Mohist school. See the entry for the...
…It is also famous as a producer of Shandong toba...