Linked surveillance and genetic data uncovers programmatically relevant geographic scale of Guinea worm transmission in Chad.

• Egile Nagusiak: Jessica V Ribado (Egilea), Nancy J Li (Egilea), Elizabeth Thiele (Egilea), Hil Lyons (Egilea), James A Cotton (Egilea), Adam Weiss (Egilea), Philippe Tchindebet Ouakou (Egilea), Tchonfienet Moundai (Egilea), Hubert Zirimwabagabo (Egilea), Sarah Anne J Guagliardo (Egilea), Guillaume Chabot-Couture (Egilea), Joshua L Proctor (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) was detected in Chad in 2010 after a supposed ten-year absence, posing a challenge to the global eradication effort. Initiation of a village-based surveillance system in 2012 revealed a substantial number of dogs infected with Guine...