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:
  Animals Copepoda/parasitology Dispatch Dog Diseases/epidemiology Dog Diseases/parasitology Dog Diseases/transmission Dogs Dracunculiasis/epidemiology Dracunculiasis/parasitology Dracunculiasis/transmission Dracunculus Nematode/pathogenicity Dracunculus Nematode/physiology Ferrets/parasitology Fish Diseases/epidemiology Fish Diseases/parasitology Fish Diseases/transmission Fishes/parasitology Food Chain Host Specificity Humans Larva

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• 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
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:08dc882c54938c72bba0722832261fe4c0660ce84abb3694ca12ec45d7755ac2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47956/cdc_47956_DS1.pdf
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