Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease): Case Study of the Effort to Eradicate Guinea Worm

Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions, and Preventive Measures

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 125-132

  Hopkins, Donald R ^a   Ruiz Tiben, Ernesto ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dracunculiasis; Global Guinea Worm Eradication Program; Guinea worm disease, not treatable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886338946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118148594.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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