Population genetic analysis of Chadian Guinea worms reveals that human and non-human hosts share common parasite populations.
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. Since 2014, animal infections with Guinea worms ha...
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Main Authors: | Elizabeth A Thiele (Author), Mark L Eberhard (Author), James A Cotton (Author), Caroline Durrant (Author), Jeffrey Berg (Author), Kelsey Hamm (Author), Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben (Author) |
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2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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