| guinea worm infection in northern nigeria: reflections on a disease approaching eradication. | global eradication of the guinea worm (dracunculus medinensis) is near, although perhaps delayed a little by the discovery of a transmission cycle in dogs. it is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the severe impact of this infection on the life of the communities where it was endemic prior to the start of the global eradication programme in 1981. from 1971 to 1974, we conducted a series of unpublished studies on guinea worm in a group of villages in katsina state, northern nigeria, wher ... | 2017 | 28196301 |