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unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic (同)nematode worm, roundworm
tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum (同)genus Dracunculus
type genus of the family Dracunculidae (同)genus Dracunculus

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Absence of Wolbachia endobacteria in the human parasitic nematode Dracunculus medinensis and two related Dracunculus species infecting wildlife.

Foster JM1, Landmann F, Ford L, Johnston KL, Elsasser SC, Schulte-Hostedde AI, Taylor MJ, Slatko BE.
Parasites & vectors.Parasit Vectors.2014 Mar 31;7:140. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-140.
BACKGROUND: Wolbachia endosymbionts are a proven target for control of human disease caused by filarial nematodes. However, little is known about the occurrence of Wolbachia in taxa closely related to the superfamily Filarioidea. Our study addressed the status of Wolbachia presence in members of the
PMID 24685011

Eberhard ML1, Ruiz-Tiben E.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.Am J Trop Med Hyg.2014 Feb;90(2):315-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0638. Epub 2013 Dec 30.
Two large, living worms were collected as they emerged from the lower limb of each of two persons in South Sudan. The worms were observed by staff of the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program during surveillance activities in communities at-risk for cases of Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis
PMID 24379241

First report of Dracunculus insignis in two naturally infected cats from the northeastern USA.

Lucio-Forster A1, Eberhard ML, Cama VA, Jenks MH, Jones C, Sanders SY, Pongratz JP, Bowman DD.
Journal of feline medicine and surgery.J Feline Med Surg.2014 Feb;16(2):194-7. doi: 10.1177/1098612X13502976. Epub 2013 Sep 11.
Dracunculiasis is rarely reported in cats, yet over the last few years we have identified two cats with filarioid-like spirurid infections. Case 1 was a 9-year-old cat with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism from New York tate from which four adult dracunculoid nematodes were isolated from its
PMID 24027052