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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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Autores principales: Thiele, Elizabeth A., Eberhard, Mark L., Cotton, James A., Durrant, Caroline, Berg, Jeffrey, Hamm, Kelsey, Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30286084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006747