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Linked surveillance and genetic data uncovers programmatically relevant geographic scale of Guinea worm transmission in Chad

BACKGROUND: Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) was detected in Chad in 2010 after a supposed ten-year absence, posing a challenge to the global eradication effort. Initiation of a village-based surveillance system in 2012 revealed a substantial number of dogs infected with Guinea worm, raising que...

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Autores principales: Ribado, Jessica V., Li, Nancy J., Thiele, Elizabeth, Lyons, Hil, Cotton, James A., Weiss, Adam, Tchindebet Ouakou, Philippe, Moundai, Tchonfienet, Zirimwabagabo, Hubert, Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J., Chabot-Couture, Guillaume, Proctor, Joshua L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8341693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34310598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009609