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Emergence of Onchocerca volvulus from skin mimicking Dracunculiasis medinensis.

Mark L Eberhard1, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Andrew S Korkor, Sharon L Roy, Philip Downs.   

Abstract

We describe 11 cases of suspected Dracunculus medinensis infection in which the worm recovered was identified as Onchocerca volvulus. Identification was based on morphology of the examined specimen.

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Year:  2010        PMID： 21118947      PMCID： PMC2990057          DOI： 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0475

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN： 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


  12 in total

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Authors:  M S ISRAEL
Journal:  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg       Date:  1959-03       Impact factor: 2.184

4.  The reappearance, rate of increase and distribution of the microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus following treatment with diethylcarbamazine.

Authors:  B O DUKE
Journal:  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg       Date:  1957-01       Impact factor: 2.184

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6.  Differentiating Dracunculus medinensis from D. insignis, by the sequence analysis of the 18S rRNA gene.

Authors:  L Bimi; A R Freeman; M L Eberhard; E Ruiz-Tiben; N J Pieniazek
Journal:  Ann Trop Med Parasitol       Date:  2005-07

7.  Onchocerciasis; deep worm bundles close to hip joints.

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Journal:  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg       Date:  1970       Impact factor: 2.184

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Authors:  D R Hopkins; W H Foege
Journal:  Science       Date:  1981-05-01       Impact factor: 47.728

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Journal:  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep       Date:  2009-10-16       Impact factor: 17.586

10.  Guinea worm disease outcomes in Ghana: determinants of broken worms.

Authors:  Mary T Glenshaw; Sharon Roy; Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben; Philip Downs; John Williamson; Mark Eberhard
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2009-08       Impact factor: 2.345
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Authors:  Gautam Biswas; Dieudonne P Sankara; Junerlyn Agua-Agum; Alhousseini Maiga
Journal:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci       Date:  2013-06-24       Impact factor: 6.237

2.  Cutaneous emergence of Eustrongylides in two persons from South Sudan.

Authors:  Mark L Eberhard; Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2013-12-30       Impact factor: 2.345

3.  Thirty-Seven Human Cases of Sparganosis from Ethiopia and South Sudan Caused by Spirometra Spp.

Authors:  Mark L Eberhard; Elizabeth A Thiele; Gole E Yembo; Makoy S Yibi; Vitaliano A Cama; Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2015-06-08       Impact factor: 2.345

4.  Not every worm wrapped around a stick is a guinea worm: a case of Onchocerca volvulus mimicking Dracunculus medinensis.

Authors:  Eta Ngole Mbong; Gerald Etapelong Sume; Flaubert Danbe; Walter Kang Kum; Valeri Oben Mbi; André Arsène Bita Fouda; Peter Atem
Journal:  Parasit Vectors       Date:  2015-07-16       Impact factor: 3.876

Review 5.  Lessons learned for surveillance strategies for trachoma elimination as a public health problem, from the evaluation of approaches utilised by Guinea worm and onchocerciasis programmes: A literature review.

Authors:  Laura Senyonjo; Philip Downs; Elena Schmidt; Robin Bailey; Karl Blanchet
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2021-01-28
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