imported>Turtle Peoples: /* Representative genera and species */ Add "Acanthocheilonema spirocauda" Insa Herzog, Peter Wohlsein, Anika Preuss, Stanislav N. Gorb, Rémi Pigeault, Christa Ewers, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, Ursula Siebert, Kristina Lehnert, Heartworm and seal louse: Trends in prevalence, characterisation of impact and transmission pathways in a unique parasite assembly on seals in the North and Baltic Sea, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.100898

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Representative genera and species: Add "Acanthocheilonema spirocauda" <ref>Insa Herzog, Peter Wohlsein, Anika Preuss, Stanislav N. Gorb, Rémi Pigeault, Christa Ewers, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, Ursula Siebert, Kristina Lehnert, Heartworm and seal louse: Trends in prevalence, characterisation of impact and transmission pathways in a unique parasite assembly on seals in the North and Baltic Sea, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.100898

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{{Short description|Family of roundworms}}
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| image = Parasite140065-fig2 Foleyella furcata.tif
| image_alt = "Foleyella furcata" in the blood of lizards from Madagascar
| image_caption = ''[[Foleyella furcata]]'' in the blood of [[lizard]]s from [[Madagascar]]<ref name="MaiaCrottini2014">{{cite journal|last1=Maia|first1=João P.|last2=Crottini|first2=Angelica|last3=Harris|first3=David James|title=Microscopic and molecular characterization of ''Hepatozoon domerguei'' (Apicomplexa) and ''Foleyella furcata'' (Nematoda) in wild endemic reptiles from Madagascar|journal=Parasite|volume=21|year=2014|pages=47|issn=1776-1042|doi=10.1051/parasite/2014046|url= |pmid =25224723|pmc= 4165108}} {{open access}}</ref>
| taxon = Onchocercidae
| authority = [[Alain Chabaud|Chabaud]] and Anderson, 1959<ref>{{cite journal | author = [[Alain Chabaud|Chabaud A.G.]], Anderson R.C. | year = 1959 | title = Nouvel essai de classification des Filaires (superfamille Filarioidea) | journal = Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée | volume = 34 | issue = 1–2| pages = 64–87 | doi=10.1051/parasite/1959341064| doi-access = free }}</ref>
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| subdivision_ranks = Genera
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The '''Onchocercidae''' are a family of [[nematode]]s in the superfamily [[Filarioidea]]. This family includes some of the most devastating human parasitic diseases, such as [[lymphatic filariasis]], [[onchocerciasis]], [[Loa loa filariasis|loiasis]], and other [[Filariasis|filariases]].

==Representative genera and species==
The taxonomy of nematodes in the order [[Spirurida]] is still in a state of flux, and the family Onchocercidae contains around 70–80 genera.<ref>Anderson, R.C. (2000) "Family Onchocercidae." In: ''[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0851994210 Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and Transmission]''. 2nd Edition. CABI Publishing: Wallingford, England. {{ISBN|0-85199-421-0}}. pp. 472-532.</ref> The following genera are included in the family Onchocercidae in the [[Wikispecies]] project and the [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=6296 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]]''
**''[[Brugia malayi]]'' (one cause of filariasis in humans)
**''[[Brugia pahangi]]'' (parasite of domestic cats and wild animals)
**''[[Brugia timori]]'' (cause of "timor filariasis" in humans)
*''[[Breinlia]]''
*''[[Cercopithifilaria]]''
**''[[Cercopithifilaria johnstoni]]'' (parasite of rodents and marsupials in Australia)
*''[[Chandlerella]]''
**''[[Chandlerella quiscali]]'' (parasite of birds in North America)
*''[[Dipetalonema]]''
**''[[Dipetalonema reconditum]]'' (parasite of dogs, and sometimes humans)
**''[[Dipetalonema repens]]'' (parasite of dogs, and sometimes humans)
*''[[Dirofilaria]]''
**''[[Dirofilaria immitis]]'' (heartworm in dogs and cats, occasionally humans)
**''[[Dirofilaria repens]]'' (parasite of dogs, and sometimes humans)
**''[[Dirofilaria tenuis]]'' (parasite of raccoons, and rarely humans)
**''[[Dirofilaria ursi]]'' (parasite of bears, and sometimes humans)
*''[[Elaeophora]]''
**''[[Elaeophora abramovi]]'' (parasite of moose in Russia)
**''[[Elaeophora bohmi]]'' (parasite of horses in Austria and Iran)
**''[[Elaeophora elaphi]]'' (parasite of Red Deer in Spain)
**''[[Elaeophora poeli]]'' (parasite of various cattle in Africa and Asia)
**''[[Elaeophora sagitta]]'' (parasite of several mammal groups in Africa)
**''[[Elaeophora schneideri]]'' (parasite of various ruminants in North America)
*''[[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 (nematode)|Loa]]'' (see also [[Loa loa filariasis]])
**''[[Loa loa]]''
*''[[Mansonella]]'' (see also [[mansonelliasis]])
**''[[Mansonella ozzardi]]'' (parasite of man in Central and South America)
**''[[Mansonella perstans]]'' (parasite of humans and primates in Africa and South America)
**''[[Mansonella streptocerca]]'' (parasite of humans in Africa)
*''[[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]])<ref>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</ref>
*''[[Piratuba (roundworm)|Piratuba]]''
**''[[Piratuba digiticauda]]'' (parasite of amphibians)
*''[[Sarconema (nematode)|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)

== See also ==
*[[List of parasites of humans]]

== References ==
{{Wikispecies|Onchocercidae}}
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Spirurida]]
[[Category:Parasitic nematodes of mammals]]
[[Category:Nematode families]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Alain Chabaud]]

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