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Climate change and water-related infectious diseases [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Water-related, including waterborne, diseases remain important sources of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but particularly in developing countries.
Heaviside, Clare, Lake, Iain, Nichols, Gordon   +2 more
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Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2016–June 2017

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2017
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a parasitic worm. Approximately 1 year after a person acquires infection from contaminated drinking water, the worm emerges through the skin, usually on a lower limb (1).
D. Hopkins, E. Ruiz-Tiben, M. Eberhard, S. Roy, Adam Weiss   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

European Encounters with Dracunculiasis in the Northern Bank of the Persian Gulf: A Perspective from Travelogues of the Safavid and Qajar Eras [PDF]

Journal of Research on History of Medicine
“Dracunculus medinensis” or “Guinea worm” disease is transmitted to humans through drinking contaminated water, leading to symptoms such as ague, muscular weakness, and infection. This disease is endemic to arid and warm regions with minimal rainfall and
Javad Mousavi Dalini, Reyhaneh Abouli, Mohamad Ali Ranjbar   +2 more
doaj  

Are hygiene and public health interventions likely to improve outcomes for Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communities? A systematic review of the literature [PDF]

, 2008
Background Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communities still experience a high burden of common infectious diseases which are generally attributed to poor hygiene and unsanitary living conditions.
Elizabeth McDonald, Ross Bailie, David Brewster, Peter Morris, E d'Espaignet, M Gracey, HL Coates, AB Chang, SR Zubrick, LC Wong, JR Carapetis, BJ Currie, AV White, BJ Currie, HR Taylor, RW Edwards, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, J Devitt, E Hunter, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs, SJ Kunitz, C Tatz, W Stanner, NPH Partnership, A Hamilton, MR Middleton, E McDonald, AGNT Government, A Jardine-Orr, NH Council, DJ Clark, J Tardrew, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Review Group, J VanDerslice, YB Cheung, SA Esrey, SR Huttly, CM Monte, M Albonico, S Bhutta, C Paquet, PM Emerson, N Alam, H Peach, T Clasen, JM Wilson, AM Han, AM Han, T MA, PM Emerson, BA Hoque, KZ Hasan, KM Aziz, MD Sobsey, S West, NU Ahmed, BA Yeager, PK Jensen, JV Pinfold, RE Quick, NS Shahid, SP Luby, DC Chavasse, PA Haggerty, BF Stanton, BF Stanton, DC Chavasse, SRA Huttly, D Blum, D Blum, S Cairncross, S Cairncross, L Fewtrell, H Ejere, PM Emerson, S Wang, K Kawata, J Long, HI Shuval, L Roberts, SP Luby, ZA Bhutta, ZA Bhutta, P Buekens, G. Tamburlini, D Brewster, L Roberts   +87 more
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The significance of guinea worm infection in the immunological diagnosis of onchocerciasis and bancroftian filariasis [PDF]

, 2017
Infections with Dracunculus medinensis frequently occur in the same geographical area as infections with Onchocerca volvulus and Wuchereria bancrofti. This study analysed the significance of D. medinensis infections for the specificity and sensitivity of
Bloch, Paul, Nutman, Thomas B., Simonsen, Paul E., Weiss, Niclaus   +3 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
wiley   +1 more source

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

How to (or not to) Integrate Vertical Programmes for the Control of Major Neglected Tropical Diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
Combining the delivery of multiple health interventions has the potential to minimize costs and expand intervention coverage. Integration of mass drug administration is therefore being encouraged for delivery of preventive chemotherapy (PCT) to control ...
Kabatereine, Narcis B, Malecela, Mwele, Lado, Mounir, Zaramba, Sam, Amiel, Olga, Kolaczinski, Jan H   +5 more
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The Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) in Nigeria: An Eyewitness Account. By Luke Ekundayo Edungbola. Academic Press, Elsevier, 2019. €101.33 (print version) and €115.25 (ebook). 142 pp.

Epidemiology and Infection, 2019
© The Author(s) 2019. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
L. Robertson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From neglect to action: scaling up the management of zoonotic helminthoses in Africa: a narrative review

Discover Public Health
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
doaj   +1 more source