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Radiologic identification of dracunculiasis in a nonendemic region: A case report. [PDF]

Radiol Case Rep
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is a parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis, now nearing global eradication. We report a rare case from a nonendemic region involving a 75-year-old woman with a 10-day history of dull, radiating left hip
Alsaleh B, Alanzi A, Alatefi D, Heetawala N, Asiri YN, Aladel F.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Progress Toward Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) - Worldwide, January 2024-June 2025. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is acquired by drinking water containing small water fleas infected with D. medinensis larvae or eating inadequately cooked aquatic animals.
Hopkins DR, Weiss AJ, Yerian S, Ortega YR, Zhao Y, Eneanya OA, Cama VA.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Dracunculiasis Eradication: End-Stage Challenges. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2022
. This report summarizes the status of the global Dracunculiasis Eradication Program as of the end of 2021. Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) has been eliminated from 17 of 21 countries where it was endemic in 1986, when an estimated 3.5 million cases
Hopkins DR, Weiss AJ, Torres-Velez FJ, Sapp SGH, Ijaz K.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2020-June 2021. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2021
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is traditionally acquired by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) infected with D.
Hopkins DR, Weiss AJ, Roy SL, Yerian S, Cama VA.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Enhancing communication strategies in controlling neglected tropical diseases in Nigeria

Public Health Challenges, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Neglected tropical diseases (NTD), a broad set of infectious diseases prevalent in tropical and subtropical environments, are widely known to affect individuals with limited resources in underserved communities. Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest cases of NTD, with an estimated 100 million people in the country at risk for at ...
Aishat Bisoye Durojaye, Oluwakorede Joshua Adedeji, Oluwaseyi Muyiwa Egbewande, Aishat Abiodun Ibrahim, Eniola Sampson‐Oladipupo, Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf, Yusuf Babatunde   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological Analysis of the 2019 Dracunculiasis Outbreak in the Liwi Area, Salamat Province (Chad): Evidence of the Role of Pets

International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2023
Aims: Dracunculiasis is a neglected disease caused by a parasitic nematode, Dracunculus medinensis, also called the filaria of Medina. An outbreak of this disease occurred in the Salamat province in Chad in 2019, while the eradication of this disease ...
Rosy Aurèle Olive Bilong, Hamit Mahamat Alio, Kemba Samafou, B. Otchom   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

COVID‐19 and neglected tropical diseases among refugees: Plight of a vulnerable population in Africa

Public Health Challenges, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are widespread in tropical and subtropical climates and caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses. These infections have devastating physical, social, and economic impacts worldwide, especially in underveloped communities.
Isaac Olushola Ogunkola, Molly Unoh Ogbodum, Glory Mbe Egom Nja, Ekpereonne Babatunde Esu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemics, past and present: The role of biological anthropology in interdisciplinary pandemic studies

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 178, Issue S74, Page 256-291, August 2022., 2022
Abstract Biological anthropologists are ideally suited for the study of pandemics given their strengths in human biology, health, culture, and behavior, yet pandemics have historically not been a major focus of research. The COVID‐19 pandemic has reinforced the need to understand pandemic causes and unequal consequences at multiple levels.
Jessica Dimka, Taylor P. van Doren, Heather T. Battles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

HUMAN DRACUNCULIASIS - A RARE TROPICAL HELMINTHIASIS

Medical Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, 2023
The review presents current data on the epidemiology, diagnosis, interaction between the parasite and the host, the pathology of dracunculiasis with a description of rare cases of atypical course of the disease.
O. V. Gritsyuk
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health

Ecology Letters, Volume 25, Issue 6, Page 1534-1549, June 2022., 2022
Human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission has played an important role in the epidemiology of a number of pathogens in the past, and is likely continuing to play an important role in the Anthropocene. Despite much concern surrounding the transmission of human pathogens into animal populations, particularly during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic, there has been ...
Anna C. Fagre, Lily E. Cohen, Evan A. Eskew, Max Farrell, Emma Glennon, Maxwell B. Joseph, Hannah K. Frank, Sadie J. Ryan, Colin J Carlson, Gregory F. Albery, Richard Ostfeld   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source