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Abstract As COVID‐19 drags on and new vaccines promise widespread immunity, the world's attention has turned to predicting how the present pandemic will end. How do societies know when an epidemic is over and normal life can resume? What criteria and markers indicate such an end?
Erica Charters, Kristin Heitman
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O Verme da Guiné e a Coleção de Helmintos do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (CHIOC)
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 +1 more
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Identification des hôtes intermédiaires de Dracunculus medinensis dans le Sud du Bénin (Afrique de l'Ouest) [PDF]
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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Guinea worm: from Robert Leiper to eradication. [PDF]
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 +2 more
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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 +6 more
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Possible Role of Fish as Transport Hosts for Dracunculus spp. Larvae
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 +6 more
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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 +5 more
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Guinea Worm Disease: A Neglected Diseases on the Verge of Eradication
Background: Dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite (Dracunculus medinensis).
Carmen Pellegrino +20 more
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The wild world of Guinea Worms: A review of the genus Dracunculus in wildlife
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 +5 more
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One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases [PDF]
Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the 21st century and the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) are perhaps the most ...
Adamo +135 more
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