Dracunculiasis in a domestic dog in Brazil.

Fernando Paiva, Príscila de Souza Piazzalunga, Felipe Bisaggio Pereira, Tarcilla Corrente Borghesan, Priscilla Soares, Luiz Eduardo Roland Tavares

Parasitology research 2021 Apr

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We report and discuss the surprising encounter of a dog naturally infected by Dracunculus sp. in Brazil, a brief clinical history of the animal and a procedure for removing the nematode. We also present details on the morphology of the fragments collected from the nematode and a phylogenetic comparison of the partial sequences of the mitochondrial 18S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) genes, deposited with others in GenBank. The samples were an independent lineage forming a well-supported monophyletic assemblage with D. medinensis. We thus conclude that this species has not yet been sequenced or even described and will only be elucidated by more information because only two species of Dracunculus have been reported in Brazil, D. fuelleborni and D. brasiliensis.

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Fernando Paiva, Príscila de Souza Piazzalunga, Felipe Bisaggio Pereira, Tarcilla Corrente Borghesan, Priscilla Soares, Luiz Eduardo Roland Tavares. Dracunculiasis in a domestic dog in Brazil. Parasitology research. 2021 Apr;120(4):1371-1377