Population genomic evidence that human and animal infections in Africa come from the same populations of Dracunculus medinensis.

Population genomic evidence that human and animal infections in Africa come from the same populations of Dracunculus medinensis.

<h4>Background</h4>Guinea 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 disease from millions of...

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Main Authors: Caroline Durrant, Elizabeth A Thiele, Nancy Holroyd, Stephen R Doyle, Guillaume Sallé, Alan Tracey, Geetha Sankaranarayanan, Magda E Lotkowska, Hayley M Bennett, Thomas Huckvale, Zahra Abdellah, Ouakou Tchindebet, Mesfin Wossen, Makoy Samuel Yibi Logora, Cheick Oumar Coulibaly, Adam Weiss, Albrecht I Schulte-Hostedde, Jeremy M Foster, Christopher A Cleveland, Michael J Yabsley, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Matthew Berriman, Mark L Eberhard, James A Cotton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008623

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008623

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