Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2008-June 2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 1123-1125

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AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS NEMATODE; HUMANS; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70350050746     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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