| 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 dracunculus larvae when examined 2-3 weeks later. tadpoles ingested copepods much more slowly; however, upon examination at the same time interval, tadpoles of green frogs (lithobates [rana] clamitans ... | 2016 | 27434418 |
| guinea worm (dracunculus medinensis) infection in a wild-caught frog, chad. | 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. | 2016 | 27560598 |