Guinea Worm Disease: A Neglected Diseases on the Verge of Eradication

Background: Dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite (Dracunculus medinensis). In the past, dracunculiasis was known as “the disease of the empty granary” because of the difficulties patients had in going to work in fields or...

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Autores principales: Pellegrino, Carmen, Patti, Giulia, Camporeale, Michele, Belati, Alessandra, Novara, Roberta, Papagni, Roberta, Frallonardo, Luisa, Diella, Lucia, Guido, Giacomo, De Vita, Elda, Totaro, Valentina, Segala, Francesco Vladimiro, Veronese, Nicola, Cotugno, Sergio, Bavaro, Davide Fiore, Putoto, Giovanni, Bevilacqua, Nazario, Castellani, Chiara, Nicastri, Emanuele, Saracino, Annalisa, Di Gennaro, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9699583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36355908
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7110366

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