References

Abolarin, M.O., 1981. Guinea worm infection in a Niegrian village. Trop. Geogr. Med., 33: 83-88.
PubMed  |  

Adeyeba, O.A., 1985. Secondary infections in dracunculiasis: Bacteria and morbidity. Int. J. Zoonoses, 12: 147-149.
PubMed  |  

CDC, 2005. Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2004-July 2005. MMWR, 54: 1075-1077.

Cairncross, S. and A. Tayeh, 1988. Guinea worm and water supply in Kordofan, Sudan. Water Environ. J., 2: 268-274.
CrossRef  |  

Cairncross, S., R. Muller and N. Zagaria, 2002. Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) and the eradication initiative. Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 15: 223-246.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Edungbola, L.D. and S.J. Watts, 1984. An outbreak of dracunculiasis in a peri-urban community of Ilorin, kwara State, Nigeria. Acta Tropica, 41: 155-163.
PubMed  |  

Edungbola, L.D. and S.J. Watts, 1990. The elimination of dracunculiasis in Igbon, Oyo State, Nigeria: The success of self-help activities. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 93: 1-6.
PubMed  |  

Edungbola, L.D., 1980. Water utilization and its health implications in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Acta Tropica, 37: 73-81.
PubMed  |  

Edungbola, L.D., 1983. Banana parasite disease project II. Prevalence and impact of. dracontiasis in banana district, Kwara State, Nigeria. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., 77: 310-315.

Ghosh, S. and R. Weintzen, 2006. Dracunculiasis. In: Medicine Specialties, Pediatrics and Parasitology, Nissen, M.D., M.L. Windle, M. Weisse and R.W. Tolan (Ed.). eMedicine.com Inc., New York, USA., pp: 10.

Henderson, P.L., R.E. Fontaine and G. Kyeyune, 1988. Guinea worm disease in Northern Uganda: A major public health problem controllable through an effective water programme. Int. J. Epidemiol., 17: 434-440.
CrossRef  |  PubMed  |  

Hopkins, D.R., M. Azam, E. Ruiz-Tiben and K.D. Kappus, 1995. Eradication of dracunculiasis from Pakistan. Lancet, 346: 621-624.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Jeje, Y. and C.H. Fernando, 1986. A Practical Guide to the Identification of Nigerian Zooplankton. Kainji Lake Research Institut, Nigeria, pp: 142.

Johnson, S. and V. Joshi, 1982. Dracontiasis in Rajasthan. VI. Epidemiology of dracontiasis in Barmer district, Western Rajasthan, India. Int. J. Epidemiol., 11: 26-30.
CrossRef  |  PubMed  |  

Lyons, G.R., 1972. Guineaworm infection in the Wa district of north-western Ghana. Bull. World Health Organ., 47: 601-610.
PubMed  |  

Muller, R., 1979. Guinea worm disease epidemiology, control and treatment. Bull. World Health Organ., 57: 683-689.
PubMed  |  

Muller, R., 1991. Dracunculus in Africa. In: Parasitic Helminthes and Zoonoses in Africa, Macpherson, C.N.L. and P.S. Craig (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, London, UK., pp: 204-223.

Onabamiro, S.D., 1951. The transmission of Dracunculus medinensis by Thermocyclops nigerianus, as observed in a village in south-west Nigeria. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 45: 1-10.

Onabamiro, S.D., 1952. Four new species of Cyclops sensus lat. (crustacean; Copepoda) from Nigeria. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 122: 253-266.

Scott, D., 1960. An epidemiological note on guinea-worm infection in north-west Ashanti, Ghana. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 54: 32-43.
PubMed  |  

WHO, 1998. Dracunculiasis eradication in Uzbekistan: Country report. WHO/CDS/CEE/DRA/99.9, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.