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 ...
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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 +7 more
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Filariasis elimination, vector control and eradication challenges: Commentary on Webber, R. Eradication of Wuchereria bancrofti infection through vector control. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med and Hyg 1979;73:722-4. [PDF]
, 2018 The selection of this paper from 1979 in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene highlights significant issues in relation to neglected tropical disease (NTD) programmes, specifically the Global Programme to Eliminate ...
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Sustainable Development Research, 2021 This article examines the role dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease – GWD) and the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP) played in changing community members’ behaviour towards the disease and their bio-physical environment.
N. N. Yembilah, Sylvester Dombo
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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.
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Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2019–June 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020 Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis and is acquired by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) infected with D. medinensis larvae.
D. Hopkins +4 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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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) is a parasitic nematode that can cause the debilitating disease dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) in humans. The global Guinea Worm Eradication Program has led intervention and eradication efforts since the 1980s ...
Sarah M Coker +7 more
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Disregard of neurological impairments associated with neglected tropical diseases in Africa [PDF]
, 2015 Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect people in the bottom billion poorest in the world. These diseases are concentrated in rural areas, conflict zones and urban slums in Africa and other tropical areas. While the World Health Organization recognizes
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Nigeria’s dracunculiasis eradication triumph and the need for caution
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011 This item has no abstract. Use the links below to access the full text.
Tokunbo B. Ojo, Kayode K Ojo
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