TY - JOUR AU - Eberhard, Mark AU - Cleveland, Christopher AU - Zirimwabagabo, Hubert AU - Yabsley, Michael AU - Ouakou, Philippe Tchindebet AU - Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto T1 - Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis) Infection in a Wild-Caught Frog, Chad T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 11 SP - 1961 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Dracunculus medinensis KW - Phrynobatrachus francisci KW - wild frog KW - Guinea worm KW - Chad KW - paratenic host KW - Guinea worm disease KW - dracunculiasis KW - infective larvae KW - transmission KW - parasites KW - humans KW - dogs KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2211.161332 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/11/16-1332_article ER - End of Reference