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Guinea worm eradication: Progress and challenges- should we beware of the dog? [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 David Molyneux, Dieudonné P Sankara
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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.
Jeremy M Foster +7 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022 Introduction: Guinea worm disease is caused by Dracunculus medinensis. Transmission of the disease depends on vectors (copepods). Abate applications in targeted water sources to control copepod is the main intervention.
Yamlak Gindola +12 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1915 The occurrence of a parasitic disease, which is spread by drinking water, and found in an army force, in a country generally free from these parasites, seems of sufficient interest and importance to warrant a rather extended study of the case. Dracontiasis or guinea-worm disease occurs frequently in Africa and East India.
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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 +6 more
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Commentary: Elimination of Guinea Worm Disease in South Sudan through multi-disciplinary actions
South Sudan Medical Journal, 2018 South Sudan is now in the pre-certification phase, having gone over sixteen months as of April 2018, with zero reports for cases of Guinea worm disease (GWD).
Makoy S. Yibi
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Guinea worm inguinal adenopathy. [PDF]
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1977 Genital involvement of Dracunculus medinensis is uncommon, and when it does occur, it usually involves the scrotum. A case has been described in which the inguinal gland was involved producing a bubo simulating that caused by other commoner conditions.
A O, Osoba, A B, Oyediran
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The first earthworm records from Batanta Island, West Papua, Indonesia (Megadrili: Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae) [PDF]
Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2019 Identification of a small but valuable earthworm material collected on Batanta and the neighbouring small Birie Island in 2014 and 2019 resulted in recording five species. The only acanthodrilid species in the sample, Dichogaster annae (Horst, 1893), is
Szederjesi, Tímea
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Studies on the Epidemiology of Dracunculiasis in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2009 Between April 1999 and March 2000 an epidemiological survey was conducted for prevalence and distribution of dracunculiasis in fifteen communities in Ikwo Local government area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
ANC Amadi, JC Anosike, Moe Iwuala
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AAS Open Research, 2020 Introduction: Currently, an estimated two thirds of the world population is water insufficient. As of 2015, one out of every five people in developing countries do not have access to clean sufficient drinking water.
Nyamai Mutono +6 more
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