Guinea Worm Disease: A Neglected Diseases on the Verge of Eradication.
Carmen PellegrinoGiulia PattiMichele CamporealeAlessandra BelatiRoberta NovaraRoberta PapagniLuisa FrallonardoLucia DiellaGiacomo GuidoElda De VitaValentina TotaroFrancesco Vladimiro SegalaNicola VeroneseSergio CotugnoDavide Fiore BavaroGiovanni PutotoNazario BevilacquaChiara CastellaniEmanuele NicastriAnnalisa SaracinoFrancesco Di GennaroPublished in: Tropical medicine and infectious disease (2022)
this review features state-of-the-art data on the infection prevalence, geographical distribution, diagnostics, parasite-host interactions, and the pathology of dracunculiasis. Also described are the current state and future perspectives for vector control and elimination strategies.