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Although the majority of specimens emerged from sores or breaks in the skin, there was concern that they did not represent bona fide cases of <jats:italic>Dracunculus medinensis<\/jats:italic> and that they needed detailed examination and identification as provided by the World Health Organization Collaborating Center (WHO CC) at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All 37 specimens were identified on microscopic study as larval tapeworms of the spargana type, and DNA sequence analysis of seven confirmed the identification of <jats:italic>Spirometra<\/jats:italic> sp. Age of cases ranged between 7 and 70 years (mean 25 years); 21 (57%) patients were male and 16 were female. 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