Guinea worm eradication: Progress and challenges— should we beware of the dog?

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David Molyneux ,

* E-mail: david.molyneux@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-7947

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Dieudonné P. Sankara

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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About the Authors

David Molyneux

* E-mail: david.molyneux@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Dieudonné P. Sankara

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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