Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis) Infection in a Wild-Caught Frog, Chad.
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SUBMITTER: Eberhard ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5088019 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
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Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis) Infection in a Wild-Caught Frog, Chad.
Eberhard Mark L ML Cleveland Christopher A CA Zirimwabagabo Hubert H Yabsley Michael J MJ Ouakou Philippe Tchindebet PT Ruiz-Tiben Ernesto E
Emerging infectious diseases 20161115 11
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. ...[more]
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