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

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.

SUBMITTER: Eberhard ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5088019 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature