Possible Role of Fish as Transport Hosts for Dracunculus spp. Larvae

To inform Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) eradication efforts, we evaluated the role of fish as transport hosts for Dracunculus worms. Ferrets fed fish that had ingested infected copepods became infected, highlighting the importance of recommendations to cook fish, bury entrails, and prevent do...

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Autores principales: Cleveland, Christopher A., Eberhard, Mark L., Thompson, Alec T., Smith, Stephen J., Zirimwabagabo, Hubert, Bringolf, Robert, Yabsley, Michael J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820381
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.161931
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author Cleveland, Christopher A.
Eberhard, Mark L.
Thompson, Alec T.
Smith, Stephen J.
Zirimwabagabo, Hubert
Bringolf, Robert
Yabsley, Michael J.
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description To inform Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) eradication efforts, we evaluated the role of fish as transport hosts for Dracunculus worms. Ferrets fed fish that had ingested infected copepods became infected, highlighting the importance of recommendations to cook fish, bury entrails, and prevent dogs from consuming raw fish and entrails.
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spelling pubmed-55728772017-09-02 Possible Role of Fish as Transport Hosts for Dracunculus spp. Larvae Cleveland, Christopher A. Eberhard, Mark L. Thompson, Alec T. Smith, Stephen J. Zirimwabagabo, Hubert Bringolf, Robert Yabsley, Michael J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To inform Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) eradication efforts, we evaluated the role of fish as transport hosts for Dracunculus worms. Ferrets fed fish that had ingested infected copepods became infected, highlighting the importance of recommendations to cook fish, bury entrails, and prevent dogs from consuming raw fish and entrails. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5572877/ /pubmed/28820381 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.161931 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Cleveland, Christopher A.
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Possible Role of Fish as Transport Hosts for Dracunculus spp. Larvae
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title_sort possible role of fish as transport hosts for dracunculus spp. larvae
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