Canine Dracunculus Nematode Infection, Toledo, Spain
Irina Diekmann, Alaa Aldin Alnassan, Majda Globokar, Nikola Pantchev, Lina Kurzrock, Leticia Hernandez, Javier Lopez, Ricardo Ruano, Silvia Herrero, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, and Jürgen Krücken
Author affiliations: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (I. Diekmann, G. von Samson-Himmelstjerna, J. Krücken); IDEXX Laboratories, Ludwigsburg, Germany (A.A. Alnassan, M. Globokar, N. Pantchev, L. Kurzrock); IDEXX Laboratories, Barcelona, Spain (L. Hernandez, J. Lopez); Clínica Mediterráneo, Madrid, Spain (R. Ruano, S. Herrero)
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Figure 1. Dracunculus worm extracted from a dog in Toledo, Spain, 2018. A) Nematode extracted from the subcutaneous tissue of tarsal region on the left hind limb of naturally infected dog. B) Microphotograph of the anterior end with characteristic papillae. Scale bar represents 50 µm.
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