Former US president calls for resolve to defeat dracunculiasis

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Progress Toward the Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease): 1994 by Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Donald R. Hopkins, Trenton K. Ruebush, Robert L. Kaiser

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Studies on the Epidemiology of Dracunculiasis in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria by ANC Amadi, JC Anosike, Moe Iwuala

“…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. …”
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Smallpox and Dracunculiasis: The Scientific Value of Infectious Diseases That Have Been Eradicated or Targeted for Eradication. Is Schistosomiasis Next? by Michael H Hsieh, Margaret M Mentink-Kane

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European Encounters with Dracunculiasis in the Northern Bank of the Persian Gulf: A Perspective from Travelogues of the Safavid and Qajar Eras by Javad Mousavi Dalini, Reyhaneh Abouli, Mohamad Ali Ranjbar

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Slaying little dragons: the impact of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program on dracunculiasis disability averted from 1990 to 2016 by Cromwell, EA, Roy, S, Sankara, DP, Weiss, A, Stanaway, J, Goldberg, E, Pigott, DM, Larson, H, Vollset, SE, Krohn, K, Foreman, K, Hotez, P, Bhutta, Z, Bekele, BB, Edessa, D, Kassembaum, N, Mokdad, A, Murray, CJL, Hay, SI

“…<strong>Background:</strong> The objective of this study was to document the worldwide decline of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease, GWD) burden, expressed as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), from 1990 to 2016, as estimated in the Global Burden of Disease study 2016 (GBD 2016). …”

Possible Role of Fish as Transport Hosts for Dracunculus spp. Larvae by Christopher A. Cleveland, Mark L. Eberhard, Alec T. Thompson, Stephen J. Smith, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, Robert Bringolf, Michael J. Yabsley

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Slaying little dragons: the impact of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program on dracunculiasis disability averted from 1990 to 2016 [version 1; referees: 3 approved] by Elizabeth A. Cromwell, Sharon Roy, Dieudonne P. Sankara, Adam Weiss, Jeffrey Stanaway, Ellen Goldberg, David M. Pigott, Heidi Larson, Stein Emil Vollset, Kristopher Krohn, Kyle Foreman, Peter Hotez, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Bayu Begashaw Bekele, Dumessa Edessa, Nicholas Kassembaum, Ali Mokdad, Christopher J. L. Murray, Simon I. Hay

“…Background: The objective of this study was to document the worldwide decline of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease, GWD) burden, expressed as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), from 1990 to 2016, as estimated in the Global Burden of Disease study 2016 (GBD 2016). …”
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Guinea Worm Disease: A Neglected Diseases on the Verge of Eradication by 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

Subjects: “…dracunculiasis…”
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Reporte de un caso de dracunculosis en un canino en la Provincia de Formosa - Argentina Dracunculiasis in a dog in Formosa - Argentina. Case report by C.B. Hoyos, G.A. Jara, C.M. Monzon

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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 by 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

“…All people with dracunculiasis reported a history of consuming fish and unfiltered water. …”
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Why the Furor about Polio? by Samuel Amo-Tachie

“… Poliomyelitis is one of such diseases as measles and dracunculiasis that can be eradicated, because it meets the criteria for eradicable diseases: being infectious, having humans as major host, effective vaccines or treatment available for their control, and the availability of political and financial support for the eradication efforts. …”
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In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections by Kelvin KW To, Kwok-Yung Yuen

“…His vector hypothesis leads to vector control which is now the cornerstone for the World Health Organization’s programme for the elimination/control of lymphatic filariasis, dracunculiasis and malaria. Before leaving China, he established the Alice Memorial Hospital, the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (the forerunner of the University of Hong Kong), and the Hong Kong Medical Society for medical service and education. …”
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Effects of New Biological Threats on Health Security and Safety in Nigeria: Looking Back and Looking Forward by Friday Okonofua

“…Indeed, over the succeeding years, infectious diseases such as dengue fever, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, leishmaniosis, buruli ulcer, leprosy, dracunculiasis (guinea worm) and Chagas disease became so dominant and sustained within the African region that for lack of a better definition, they have been collectively referred to as “neglected tropical diseases” (NTD) (WHO, 2010). …”
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Development and validation of a quantitative PCR for the detection of Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis). by Sarah M Coker, Erin K Box, Natalie Stilwell, Elizabeth A Thiele, James A Cotton, Ellen Haynes, Michael J Yabsley, Christopher A Cleveland

“…Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) is a parasitic nematode that can cause the debilitating disease dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) in humans. The global Guinea Worm Eradication Program has led intervention and eradication efforts since the 1980s, and Guinea worm infections in people have decreased >99.99%. …”
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Prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: overview of randomized trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses by Shanthi Kappagoda, John PA Ioannidis

“…No RCTs were found on cysticercosis, dracunculiasis, echinococcosis, foodborne trematodes, or human African trypanosomiasis. …”
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The current status of neglected tropical diseases in Japan: A scoping review. by Yuriko Harada, Hanako Iwashita, Taeko Moriyasu, Sachiyo Nagi, Nobuo Saito, Mariko Sugawara-Mikami, Kota Yoshioka, Rie Yotsu, Japan NTD Study Group

“…At least one laboratory offers diagnostic testing for each NTD except for dracunculiasis, human African trypanosomiasis, onchocerciasis, and yaws. …”
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Solar distillation of impure water from four different water sources under the southwestern Nigerian climate by S. A. Adio, E. A. Osowade, A. O. Muritala, A. A. Fadairo, K. T. Oladepo, S. O. Obayopo, P. O. Fase

“…<p>The enormous problems caused by the scarcity of potable water and the transmission of waterborne diseases such as cholera, dracunculiasis, hepatitis, typhoid and filariasis in some parts of Nigeria have created a public health concern. …”
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Population genetic analysis of Chadian Guinea worms reveals that human and non-human hosts share common parasite populations. by Elizabeth A Thiele, Mark L Eberhard, James A Cotton, Caroline Durrant, Jeffrey Berg, Kelsey Hamm, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben

“…Following almost 10 years of no reported cases, Guinea worm disease (GWD or dracunculiasis) reemerged in Chad in 2010 with peculiar epidemiological patterns and unprecedented prevalence of infection among non-human hosts, particularly domestic dogs. …”
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Integration of leprosy elimination into primary health care in orissa, India. by M Ruby Siddiqui, Nageswara Rao Velidi, Surendra Pati, Nilambar Rath, Akshay K Kanungo, Amiya K Bhanjadeo, Bandaru Bhaskar Rao, Bijaya M Ojha, Kodyur Krishna Moorthy, Douglas Soutar, John D H Porter, Pemmaraju V Ranganadha Rao

“…These findings may help Andhra Pradesh and other states in India to improve their integration process and may also have implications for other disease elimination programmes such as polio and guinea worm (dracunculiasis) as they move closer to their elimination goals.…”
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