Possible Role of Fish as Transport Hosts for Dracunculus spp. Larvae

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Cleveland, Christopher A. ; Eberhard, Mark L. ; Thompson, Alec T. ; Smith, Stephen J. ; Zirimwabagabo, Hubert ; Bringolf, Robert ; Yabsley, Michael J.
• Description:
  To inform Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) eradication efforts, we evaluated the role of fish as transport hosts for Dracunculus worms. Ferrets fed fish that had ingested infected copepods became infected, highlighting the importance of recommendations to cook fish, bury entrails, and prevent dogs from consuming raw fish and entrails.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Animals
  • Copepoda/parasitology
  • Dog Diseases/epidemiology
  • Dog Diseases/parasitology
  • Dog Diseases/transmission
  • Dogs
  • Dracunculiasis/epidemiology
  • Dracunculiasis/parasitology
  • Dracunculiasis/transmission
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(9):1590-1592.
• Pubmed ID:
  28820381
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5572877
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Chad
• Location:
  Chad
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47956/cdc_47956_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 663.40 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:08dc882c54938c72bba0722832261fe4c0660ce84abb3694ca12ec45d7755ac2