The Peculiar Epidemiology of Dracunculiasis in Chad

Dracunculiasis was rediscovered in Chad in 2010 after an apparent absence of 10 years. In April 2012 active village-based surveillance was initiated to determine where, when, and how transmission of the disease was occurring, and to implement interventions to interrupt it. The current epidemiologic...

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Main Authors: Eberhard, Mark L., Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto, Hopkins, Donald R., Farrell, Corey, Toe, Fernand, Weiss, Adam, Withers, P. Craig, Jenks, M. Harley, Thiele, Elizabeth A., Cotton, James A., Hance, Zahra, Holroyd, Nancy, Cama, Vitaliano A., Tahir, Mahamat Ali, Mounda, Tchonfienet
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3886430/