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- Title
Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis) Infection in a Wild-Caught Frog, Chad.
- Authors
Eberhard, Mark L.; Cleveland, Christopher A.; Zirimwabagabo, Hubert; Yabsley, Michael J.; Tchindebet Ouakou, Philippe; Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto; Ouakou, Philippe Tchindebet
- Abstract
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
GUINEA worm; PELOPHYLAX; FROG diseases; HOST-parasite relationships; INFECTION
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 11, p1961
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2211.161332