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Community-based Guinea worm surveillance in Chad: Evaluating a system at the intersection of human and animal disease
BACKGROUND: Guinea worm is a debilitating parasitic infection targeted for eradication. Annual human cases have dropped from approximately 3,500,000 in 1986 to 54 in 2019. Recent identification of canine cases in Chad threatens progress, and therefore detection, prevention, and containment of canine...
Autores principales: | Rubenstein, Beth L., Roy, Sharon L., Unterwegner, Karmen, Yerian, Sarah, Weiss, Adam, Zirimwabagabo, Hubert, Chop, Elisabeth, Romero, Mario, Ouakou, Philip Tchindebet, Moundai, Tchonfienet, Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8023463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33735242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009285 |
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