Development and validation of a quantitative PCR for the detection of Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis). [PDF]
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 ...
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Not every worm wrapped around a stick is a guinea worm: a case of Onchocerca volvulus mimicking Dracunculus medinensis [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Despite being certified guinea worm free in 2007, Cameroon continues surveillance efforts to ensure rapid verification of any suspected reoccurrence.
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Identifying correlates of Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) infection in domestic dog populations. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Few human infectious diseases have been driven as close to eradication as dracunculiasis, caused by the Guinea worm parasite (Dracunculus medinensis).
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Possible Role of Fish and Frogs as Paratenic Hosts of Dracunculus medinensis, Chad [PDF]
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 ...
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Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis) Infection in a Wild-Caught Frog, Chad [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 A third-stage (infective) larva of Dracunculus medinensis, the causative agent of Guinea worm disease, was recovered from a wild-caught Phrynobatrachus francisci frog in Chad.
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Population genomic evidence that human and animal infections in Africa come from the same populations of Dracunculus medinensis. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 BackgroundGuinea worm-Dracunculus medinensis-was historically one of the major parasites of humans and has been known since antiquity. Now, Guinea worm is on the brink of eradication, as efforts to interrupt transmission have reduced the annual burden of
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Concurrent therapeutic and behavioral interventions are associated with a reduced number of emerging Dracunculus medinensis worms in dogs in Chad. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesDracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm; GW) is a parasitic nematode that causes dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease; GWD). The annual incidence of GWD in humans has been reduced by over 99.9% globally since the 1980s thanks to the implementation of ...
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Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Global eradication of human Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) has been set back by the emergence of infections in animals, particularly domestic dogs Canis familiaris. The ecology and epidemiology of this reservoir is unknown.
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Absence of Wolbachia endobacteria in the human parasitic nematode Dracunculus medinensis and two related Dracunculus species infecting wildlife [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Wolbachia endosymbionts are a proven target for control of human disease caused by filarial nematodes. However, little is known about the occurrence of Wolbachia in taxa closely related to the superfamily Filarioidea.
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