TY - JOUR AU - Diekmann, Irina AU - Alnassan, Alaa Aldin AU - Globokar, Majda AU - Pantchev, Nikola AU - Kurzrock, Lina AU - Hernandez, Leticia AU - Lopez, Javier AU - Ruano, Ricardo AU - Herrero, Silvia AU - von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg AU - Krücken, Jürgen T1 - Canine Dracunculus Nematode Infection, Toledo, Spain T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 8 SP - 1860 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - dracunculiasis KW - dog KW - infection KW - mammalian KW - Spain KW - Europe KW - parasites KW - waterborne diseases KW - foodborne diseases KW - Guinea worm KW - vector-borne infections KW - nematodes KW - Dracunculus DO - 10.3201/eid2608.201661 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1661_article ER - End of Reference