Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis) Infection in a Wild-Caught Frog, Chad

Eberhard, Mark L.; Cleveland, Christopher A.; Zirimwabagabo, Hubert; Yabsley, Michael J.; Ouakou, Philippe Tchindebet; Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto

doi:10.3201/eid2211.161332

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Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis) Infection in a Wild-Caught Frog, Chad

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Nov 15 2016
By Eberhard, Mark L. ; Cleveland, Christopher A. ; Zirimwabagabo, Hubert ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Eberhard, Mark L. ; Cleveland, Christopher A. ; Zirimwabagabo, Hubert ; Yabsley, Michael J. ; Ouakou, Philippe Tchindebet ; Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto
Description:

A third-stage (infective) larva of Dracunculus medinensis, the causative agent of Guinea worm disease, was recovered from a wild-caught Phrynobatrachus francisci frog in Chad. Although green frogs (Lithobates clamitans) have been experimentally infected with D. medinensis worms, our findings prove that frogs can serve as natural paratenic hosts.
Subjects:

Animals Anura Dispatch Dracunculiasis/Veterinary Dracunculus Nematode Helminthiasis, Animal Larva
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 22(11):1961-1962.
Pubmed ID:

27560598
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5088019
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Chad
Location:

Chad
Volume:

22
Issue:

11
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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