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Epidemiological and molecular investigations of a point-source outbreak of Dracunculus medinensis infecting humans and dogs in Chad: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet Microbe, 2022
Summary: Background: Dracunculiasis (also known as Guinea worm disease), caused by the Dracunculus medinensis nematode, is progressing towards eradication, with a reduction in cases from 3·5 million cases in the mid-1980s to only 54 human cases at the ...
Sarah Anne J Guagliardo, PhD, Elizabeth Thiele, PhD, Karmen Unterwegner, MPH, Ndoyengar Narcisse Nanguita, MPH, Laurès Dossou, MPH, Philip Tchindebet Ouakou, MD, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, MD, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, PhD, Donald R Hopkins, MD, Sharon L Roy, MD, Vitaliano Cama, DVM, Henry Bishop, BS, Sarah Sapp, PhD, Sarah Yerian, MPH, Adam J Weiss, MPH   +14 more
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O Verme da Guiné e a Coleção de Helmintos do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (CHIOC)

Revista Maracanan, 2021
O artigo tem como objetivo analisar o verme africano coletado por Oswaldo Cruz, o Dracunculus Medinensis Linneaeus, também conhecido como ‘verme da Guiné’, causador da dracunculose, que faz parte da Coleção de Helmintológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ...
Olivia da Rocha Robba, Keith Valéria Barbosa   +1 more
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Cooking copepods: The survival of cyclopoid copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) in simulated provisioned water containers and implications for the Guinea Worm Eradication Program in Chad, Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Introduction: The global Guinea Worm Eradication Program has reduced numbers of human infections of Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) to 49 cases in four countries.
Christopher A. Cleveland, Kayla B. Garrett, Erin K. Box, Zavier Eure, Ania A. Majewska, Jessica A. Wilson, Michael J. Yabsley   +6 more
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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 ...
Christopher A. Cleveland, Mark L. Eberhard, Alec T. Thompson, Stephen J. Smith, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, Robert Bringolf, Michael J. Yabsley   +6 more
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Comparative Evaluation of the In Vitro Anthelminthic Effects of the Leaves, Stem, and Seeds of Carica papaya (Linn) Using the Pheretima posthuma Model

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
This study was conducted to comparatively assess the anthelminthic activity of leaves, stem bark, and seeds of Carica papaya, in order to identify which of the plant parts possess the highest anthelminthic activity. Three concentrations of ethanolic and hydroethanolic extracts of the plant parts (1 mg/ml, 2.5 mg/ml, and 5 mg/ml) were prepared and ...
Phoebe Esinam Goku, Emmanuel Orman, Anna Naa Kwarley Quartey, George Twum Ansong, Elsam Baffour Asare-Gyan, Nativ Dudai   +5 more
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Identification des hôtes intermédiaires de Dracunculus medinensis dans le Sud du Bénin (Afrique de l'Ouest) [PDF]

, 1991
Une enquête épidémiologique associée à une étude limnologique a été menée au Sud du Bénin dans quatre villages de forte endémie dracunculienne. La période d'émergence des vers de Guinée a été précisée et rapportée aux densités des populations de ...
Chippaux, Jean-Philippe
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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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Guinea Worm Disease: A Neglected Diseases on the Verge of Eradication

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: Dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite (Dracunculus medinensis).
Carmen Pellegrino, Giulia Patti, Michele Camporeale, Alessandra Belati, Roberta Novara, Roberta Papagni, Luisa Frallonardo, Lucia Diella, Giacomo Guido, Elda De Vita, Valentina Totaro, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Nicola Veronese, Sergio Cotugno, Davide Fiore Bavaro, Giovanni Putoto, Nazario Bevilacqua, Chiara Castellani, Emanuele Nicastri, Annalisa Saracino, Francesco Di Gennaro   +20 more
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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.
Cairncross, Sandy, Cox, Francis EG, Tayeh, Ahmed   +2 more
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The wild world of Guinea Worms: A review of the genus Dracunculus in wildlife

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018
Nematodes are an extremely diverse and speciose group of parasites. Adult dracunculoid nematodes (Superfamily Dracunculoidea) occur in the tissues and serous cavities of mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians and birds.
Christopher A. Cleveland, Kayla B. Garrett, Rebecca A. Cozad, Brianna M. Williams, Maureen H. Murray, Michael J. Yabsley   +5 more
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