Concurrent therapeutic and behavioral interventions are associated with a reduced number of emerging Dracunculus medinensis worms in dogs in Chad

• Amy C. Dupper ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dupper.3@buckeyemail.osu.edu

  Affiliation The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8994-492X

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• Christopher A. Cleveland,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Diseases Study, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Ellen K. Haynes,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Diseases Study, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Michael J. Yabsley,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Diseases Study, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Fernando Torres-Velez,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Métinou Koumétio Sidouin,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, N’Djamena, Tchad

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• Philip Tchindebet Oaukou,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National d’Éradication du Ver de Guinée, Ministère de la Santé Publique, et de la Prévention, N’Djamena, Tchad

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• Adam J. Weiss,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Rebecca Garabed

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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