Population genetic analysis of Chadian Guinea worms reveals that human and non-human hosts share common parasite populations.

• 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)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...