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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2016
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| 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 |