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SUBMITTER: Eberhard ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4530760 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eberhard Mark L ML Thiele Elizabeth A EA Yembo Gole E GE Yibi Makoy S MS Cama Vitaliano A VA Ruiz-Tiben Ernesto E
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20150608 2
Thirty-seven unusual specimens, three from Ethiopia and 34 from South Sudan, were submitted since 2012 for further identification by the Ethiopian Dracunculiasis Eradication Program (EDEP) and the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program (SSGWEP), respectively. Although the majority of specimens emerged from sores or breaks in the skin, there was concern that they did not represent bona fide cases of Dracunculus medinensis and that they needed detailed examination and identification as provid ...[more]