Possible Role of Fish and Frogs as Paratenic Hosts of Dracunculus medinensis, Chad

Copepods infected with Dracunculus medinensis larvae collected from infected dogs in Chad were fed to 2 species of fish and tadpoles. Although they readily ingested copepods, neither species of fish, Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) nor fathead minnow (Pimephalis promelas), were found to harbor...

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Autores principales: Eberhard, Mark L., Yabsley, Michael J., Zirimwabagabo, Hubert, Bishop, Henry, Cleveland, Christopher A., Maerz, John C., Bringolf, Robert, Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27434418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2208.160043

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27434418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2208.160043

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