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Neuroinflammation: An Integrating Overview of Reactive‐Neuroimmune Cell Interactions in Health and Disease

Mediators of Inflammation, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
The concept of central nervous system (CNS) inflammation has evolved over the last decades. Neuroinflammation is the response of reactive CNS components to altered homeostasis, regardless of the cause to be endogenous or exogenous. Neurological diseases, whether traumatic, neoplastic, ischemic, metabolic, toxic, infectious, autoimmune, developmental ...
Rodolfo Kölliker-Frers, Lucas Udovin, Matilde Otero-Losada, Tamara Kobiec, María Inés Herrera, Jorge Palacios, Gabriela Razzitte, Francisco Capani, Mirella Giovarelli   +8 more
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Ghana is Free from the Guinea Worm after a 33-Year Eradication Program [PDF]

Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2021
For several generations, people from some parts of Ghana have suffered in the hands of a yard-long "spaghetti-thin" worm, known as Dracunculus medinensis, which infects humans and leads to a disease known as Dracunculiasis, literally meaning "afflictions
Langbong Bimi, Francis Anto, Ato Kwamena Tetteh   +2 more
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Un viaje de por vida en medicina tropical

Práctica Familiar Rural, 2020
Barnett Cline es Profesor Emerito de Tulane University y director de Medicina Tropical.  Fue presidente de la Sociedad Americana de Medicina Tropical & Higiene.
Barnett Cline
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Effects of New Biological Threats on Health Security and Safety in Nigeria: Looking Back and Looking Forward

The Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science, 2022
Over the past decades, several old and new infectious diseases have featured as major contributors to Nigeria’s health vulnerability, with evidence indicating that sufficient gains are yet to be made in tackling their dominance.
Friday Okonofua
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The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of chronic parasitic diseases and related conditions that are the most common diseases among the 2·7 billion people globally living on less than US$2 per day.
A Alemu, A Aseffa, A Deressa, A Haileamlak, A Yami, Abraham Aseffa, AD Bryceson, Ahmed Ali, AM Dorkenoo, Asrat Hailu, AZ Zein, B Erko, B Erko, B Liese, B Yakob, BA Boatin, C Bogh, C Hanson, C Prasittisuk, C Sikorski, Central Statistical Agency [Ethiopia], ICF International, D Fekadu, DG Addiss, DH Molyneux, DH Molyneux, DR ten Eyck, E Litt, E Negera, E Negera, E Ruiz-Tiben, E Yimer, EW Price, F Demissie, F Tekola, FMOH, FMOH, FMoH, G Davey, G Davey, G Davey, G Mengistu, G Tefera, Gail Davey, GS Smith, H Birrie, H Kloos, H Kloos, J Alvar, J Alvar, JH Kolaczinski, JH Kolaczinski, JO Gyapong, K Bogel, KA Grépin, Kadu Meribo, Kebede Deribe, L Erosie, L Jemaneh, M Fekadu, M Fekadu, M Herrero, MA Brady, MC Baker, Ministry of Health, MJ Burton, MJ Taylor, N Kebede, NB Kabatereine, P Steinmann, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PM Emerson, R ter Horst, RL Pullan, RW Ashford, S Bashaye, S Brooker, S Brooker, S Cairncross, S Negash, SG Gundersen, T Wondimagegnehu, Teshome Gebre, The Carter Center, W Shiferaw, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Y Berhane, Z Tadesse, ZA Zein   +103 more
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Possible Role of Fish as Transport Hosts for Dracunculus spp. Larvae

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
To inform Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) eradication efforts, we evaluated the role of fish as transport hosts for Dracunculus worms. Ferrets fed fish that had ingested infected copepods became infected, highlighting the importance of ...
Christopher A. Cleveland, Mark L. Eberhard, Alec T. Thompson, Stephen J. Smith, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, Robert Bringolf, Michael J. Yabsley   +6 more
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Possible Role of Fish and Frogs as Paratenic Hosts of Dracunculus medinensis, Chad

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Copepods infected with Dracunculus medinensis larvae collected from infected dogs in Chad were fed to 2 species of fish and tadpoles. Although they readily ingested copepods, neither species of fish, Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) nor fathead ...
Mark L. Eberhard, Michael J. Yabsley, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, Henry Bishop, Christopher A. Cleveland, John C. Maerz, Robert Bringolf, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben   +7 more
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Guinea worm: from Robert Leiper to eradication. [PDF]

, 2017
Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis or dracontiasis, is an ancient disease with records going back over 4500 years, but until the beginning of the 20th century, little was known about its life cycle, particularly how humans became infected.
Cairncross, Sandy, Cox, Francis EG, Tayeh, Ahmed   +2 more
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Studies on the Epidemiology of Dracunculiasis in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2009
Between April 1999 and March 2000 an epidemiological survey was conducted for prevalence and distribution of dracunculiasis in fifteen communities in Ikwo Local government area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
ANC Amadi, JC Anosike, Moe Iwuala
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Identification des hôtes intermédiaires de Dracunculus medinensis dans le Sud du Bénin (Afrique de l'Ouest) [PDF]

, 1991
Une enquête épidémiologique associée à une étude limnologique a été menée au Sud du Bénin dans quatre villages de forte endémie dracunculienne. La période d'émergence des vers de Guinée a été précisée et rapportée aux densités des populations de ...
Chippaux, Jean-Philippe
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