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Of water and worms: Guinea worm re-emergence in Niger.
[dracunculiasis]
This
paper
aims
to
provide
a
better
understanding
of
the
re
-emergence
of
Guinea
worm
into
the
water
bodies
of
the
Tillabéri
region
of
the
Niger
Sahel
.
It
examines
the
period
of
re
-emergence
and
subsequent
decline
from
2002
until
2006
.
Using
a
geographic
information
system
combined
with
a
statistical
approach
to
examine
the
location
data
of
lakes
with
Guinea
worm-associated
cases
,
it
is
shown
that
the
locations
of
population
centers
with
cases
of
Guinea
worm
disease
,
the
locations
of
lakes
infected
with
Guinea
worm
larva
,
and
features
of
the
built
environment
are
correlated
in
space
.
