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A case of eosinophilic pleurisy due to Dracunculus medinensis infection
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1978Gentilini, M. +4 more
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On Dracunculus houdemeri n. sp., Dracunculus globocephalus, and Dracunculus medinensis
Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde, 1933openaire +3 more sources
A Redescription of Dracunculus medinensis
The Journal of Parasitology, 1937openaire +3 more sources
Human serum albumin and immunoglobulin on Dracunculus medinensis
Acta Tropica, 1999Dracunculus medinensis recovered from infected humans were examined for the occurrence and localization of human serum albumin and immunoglobulins. Immunoelectrophoretic examination of homogenates prepared from adult female worms (ADGW) and first stage larvae (LVGW) showed that anti-human albumin antibodies reacted to both stages of the parasite.
P, Bloch +3 more
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Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus 1758)
1995Dracunculus medinensis, commonly known as the fiery serpent, causes infection throughout Central Africa, Yemen, India, Pakistan, and to a lesser extent Latin America. Estimates of prevalence suggest that the number of infected individuals is nearly 50 million,1 with more than 7 million in Nigeria alone.
Dickson D. Despommier +2 more
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Dracunculus medinensis: Diagnosis by indirect fluorescent antibody technique
Experimental Parasitology, 1970Abstract First-stage larvae of Dracunculus medinensis, stored at −78 °C, proved suitable as antigen in the fluorescent antibody technique. Fifty-two samples of serum were obtained from dracunculiasis patients at various intervals after patency; 33 out of the 34 taken up to 6 months after patency gave a positive reaction.
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Dracunculus medinensisandSchistosoma mansonicontain opiate alkaloids
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2002The results of analysis, by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection and by nano-electrospray-ionization, double quadrupole/orthogonal-acceleration, time-of-flight mass spectrometry, indicate that adult Dracunculus medinensis and Schistosoma mansoni both contain the opiate alkaloid morphine and that D.
W, Zhu +9 more
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The existence of Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Turkana, Kenya
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1981Dracontiasis has been previously reported in southern Sudan, northern Uganda and north-west Eritrea but this is the first report of autochthonous cases in Turkana, Kenya. Five Turkana tribesmen, three females from the same family, one young boy and an adult male were being treated for guinea-worm at the dispensary in Lokichogio, northern Turkana ...
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[Radiological detection of the Medina worm (Dracunculus medinensis)].
RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin, 1984Atypical linear or convoluted calcification in the subcutaneous tissues of patients from tropical areas in Africa and Asia may be caused by D. medinensis. The radiological appearances and differential diagnosis are described. Dead, calcified worms may occur in the soft tissues of the thorax, abdomen, pelvis or extremities and may cause complications ...
D, Koischwitz, W, Distelmaier
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