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Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2014-June 2015
- Source :
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. October 23, 2015, Vol. 64 Issue 41, p1161, 5 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a parasitic worm. Approximately 1 year after a person acquires infection from contaminated drinking water, the worm emerges through the skin, [...]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01492195
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 41
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.442862307