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

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

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 end of 2019. Most cases now occur in Chad. On A...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-02-01
Series:The Lancet Microbe
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666524721002093

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