Publikationsdatenbank

Canine dracunculus nematode infection, Toledo, Spain (2020)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Diekmann, Irina (WE 13)

Alnassan, Alaa Aldin

Globokar, Majda

Pantchev, Nikola

Kurzrock, Lina

Hernandez, Leticia

Lopez, Javier

Ruano, Ricardo

Herrero, Silvia

von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg (WE 13)

Krücken, Jürgen (WE 13)

Quelle

Emerging infectious diseases

Bandzählung: 26

Heftzählung: 8

Seiten: 1860 – 1863

ISSN: 1080-6040

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1661_article

DOI: 10.3201/eid2608.201661

Pubmed: 32687046

Kontakt

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14163 Berlin
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parasitologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

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.