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Elimination of Guinea Worm Disease in Ethiopia; current status of the diseases, eradication strategies and challenges to the endgame [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Dracunculiasis, also named Guinea Worm Disease (GWD), is one of the diseases listed under Neglected Tropical Diseases caused by a parasitic nematode known as Dracunculus medinensis.
Abebe, Tamrat, Abrha, Getaneh, Bedimo Beyene, Habtamu, Bekele, Abyot, Biruck, Kebede, Daddi, Jima, Deribe, Kebede, Ebstie, Yehenew A, Mulugeta, Abate, Shifara, Amanu, Tadesse, Zerihun, Zelalem, Desalegn, Zeyede, Kebede   +12 more
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Influence des facteurs abiotiques sur les vecteurs de dracunculose [PDF]

, 1992
La partie centrale du Bénin est connue pour être propice à la transmission de la dracunculose, probablement en raison des conditions particulières du milieu naturel de cette région.
Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Lenoir, François   +1 more
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Zoonotic Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Approaches to Combat Old Enemies

, 2014
BioMed Research International, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014.
Fabio Ribeiro Braga, Pedro Mendoza de Gives, Adolfo Paz Silva, Filippe Elias de Freitas Soares, Jackson Victor de Araújo   +4 more
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Reporte de un caso de dracunculosis en un canino en la Provincia de Formosa - Argentina Dracunculiasis in a dog in Formosa - Argentina. Case report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1995
Se comunica el hallazgo de Dracunculus sp. en un canino proveniente de la localidad de Fontana, Departamento Patiño, Provincia de Formosa, Argentina.
C.B. Hoyos, G.A. Jara, C.M. Monzon
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for recent trends in the prevalence of diarrhoea in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) : results from consecutive cross-sectional surveys [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To analyse trends in diarrhoea prevalence by maternal education, access to clean water and improved sanitation, household wealth index; to identify the sources of variation and assess contribution of changes in socioeconomic characteristics ...
Emina Be-Ofuriyua, Jacques, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin   +1 more
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From neglect to action: scaling up the management of zoonotic helminthoses in Africa: a narrative review

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Background Zoonotic helminthoses remain major public-health and veterinary challenges across Africa. Their persistence is driven by poverty, inadequate sanitation, weak surveillance systems, and close human–animal–environment interactions.
Adeola Mariam Lateef, Franklyn Ayomide Oluwadare, Mark Musa Hamman, Olamilekan Gabriel Banwo, Victor Ibukun Agbajelola   +4 more
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Caenorhabditis elegans muscle Cys-loop receptors as novel targets of terpenoids with potential anthelmintic activity [PDF]

, 2019
The anthelmintic treatment of nematode infections remains the pillar of worm control in both human and veterinary medicine. Since control is threatened by the appearance of drug resistant nematodes, there is a need to develop novel compounds, among which
Bouzat, Cecilia Beatriz, Hernando, Guillermina Silvana, Turani, Ornella   +2 more
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Deliberate Extinction: Whether to Destroy the Last Smallpox Virus [PDF]

, 2004
The target problem to be examined is smallpox. Specifically, what should we (the United States and the entire world) now do with the last known residual samples of the virus that causes this uniquely horrific disease?
Koplow, David A.
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Dracunculiasis

Rawla P, Jan A.
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Morphology, anatomy and ecology of species Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus, 1758.) [PDF]

, 2010
Dracunculus medinensis, „mali zmaj iz Medine“, vrsta je koja pripada koljenu Nematoda i jedini je oblić koji se prenosi vodom namijenjenom za piće. Nastanjuje potkožno tkivo inficiranih osoba i ako se na vrijeme ne otkrije i pravilno ne liječi, može biti
Filipas, Marlena
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