| guinea worm infection in a nigerian village. | an epidemiological study of wawa village near kainji lake in kwara state of nigeria led to the source of guinea worm infection, a man-made cattle pond by the village. the people acquired the infection mainly during the dry season by drinking cyclops-infested water of the pond known to be the best and coolest for the rural people through the water was dearer and more difficult to get than the water from the wells. it is suggested that an interdisciplinary approach should replace the usual fractio ... | 1981 | 6454294 |
| [water contacts in dracunculiasis-infected patients in mali: transmission risk activities]. | the aim of this study lies in the identification of human activities responsible for the transmission of the guinea worm in an endemic village in diema region in mali. human water contacts observations started after a census followed by the implementation of a bi-monthly notification system, carried out from may to november 1993. water contacts were noticed and observed from the mid-july to the end of november of the same year. the first case of dracunculiasis observed was randomly drawn out of ... | 2002 | 12596383 |
| where health care has no access: the nomadic populations of sub-saharan africa. | nomadic and seminomadic pastoralists make optimal use of scarce water and pasture in the arid regions south of the sahara desert, spreading from mauretania in the west to somalia in east africa. we attempted to summarize the fragmentary evidence from the literature on the health status of these populations and to assess the best ways to provide them with modern health care. infant mortality is higher among nomadic than among neighbouring settled populations, but childhood malnutrition is less fr ... | 1999 | 10583904 |
| ethnic diversity and disease surveillance: guinea worm among the fulani in a predominantly yoruba district of nigeria. | guinea-worm eradication has been progressing internationally and efforts at case containment have begun in most endemic countries. case containment rests on the assumption that in previous phases of eradication most if not all endemic settlements have been identified. experiences in the predominantly yoruba communities of ifeloju local government area (lga) in oyo state, nigeria, however, have shown that the settlements of ethnic minority groups may be overlooked during initial case searches and ... | 1997 | 9018307 |
| epidemiology and vectors of dracunculus medinensis in northwest burkina faso, west africa. | the epidemiology of the guinea worm, dracunculus medinensis, was studied in the dry savanna zone of west africa. the monthly incidence data collected over a period of four years showed peak transmission occurring in june and july at the beginning of the rainy season. the different types of local water sources (i.e. wells, periodic streams, seasonal cattle waterings, natural ponds and man-made ponds) were examined for infected cyclopoid copepods. small hand-dug ponds or water-holes situated in th ... | 1988 | 2972263 |