Canine Dracunculus Nematode Infection, Toledo, Spain.

ABSTRACT: A fragment of a Dracunculus-like worm was extracted from the hind limb of a 2-year-old dog from Toledo, Spain. Cytochrome oxidase I and rRNA sequences confirmed an autochthonous mammalian Dracunculus worm infection in Europe. Sequence analyses suggest close relation to a parasite obtained from a North American opossum.

SUBMITTER: Diekmann I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392431 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature