• Guniea Worm Wrap-Ups (2003 - 2011)
• Guniea Worm Wrap-Ups (1993 - 2002)
• Guniea Worm Wrap-Ups (1983 - 1992)

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• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2010–June 2011 (October 28, 2011; 60(42):1450–3)
• Renewed Transmission of Dracunculiasis --- Chad, 2010 (June 10, 2011 / 60(22);744-748)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2009–June 2010 (October 1, 2010 / 59(38):1239–1242)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2008–June 2009 (October 16, 2009 / 58(40):1123-5)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2007-June 2008 (October 31, 2008 / 57(43):1173-6)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2005-May 2007 (August 17, 2007 / 56(32):813-7) (Erratum / September 14, 2007 / 56(36):937)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2004-July 2005 (October 28, 2005 / 54(42):1075-7)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, 2002-2003 (September 24, 2004 / 53(37):871-2)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January-June 2003 (September 19, 2003 / 52(37):881-3)
• Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis Eradication, June 2002 (September 13, 2002 / 51(36):810-1)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis and Dracunculiasis Eradication — Sudan, 1999-2000 (April 13, 2001 / 50(14):269-73)
• Progress Toward Global Dracunculaisis Eradication, June 2000 (August 18, 2000 / 49(32):731-5)
• Global Disease Elimination and Eradication as Public Health Strategies (December 31, 1999 / 48(Suppl):1-210)
• Imported Dracunculiasis — United States, 1995 and 1997 (March 27, 1998 / 47(11);209-11)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis (December 1, 1995 / 44(47):875, 881-2)
• Implementation of Health Initiatives During a Cease-Fire — Sudan, 1995 (June 16, 1995 / 44(23):433-6)  (Erratum / June 30, 1995 / 44(25):479)
• Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana and Nigeria, 1994 (March 17, 1995 / 44(10):189-92)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Pakistan, 1994 (February 17, 1995 / 44(6):117-9)
• Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana and Nigeria, 1993 (April 29, 1994 / 43(16):293-5)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Mali and Niger, 1993 (February 4, 1994 / 43(4):69-71)
• Recommendations of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (December 31, 1993 / 42(RR16);1-38)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Nigeria, 1992 (April 30, 1993 / 42(16):310-1)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana, 1992 (February 12, 1993 / 42(5):93-4)
• Update: International Task Force for Disease Eradication, 1992 (September 18, 1992 / 41(37)691, 697-8)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana and Nigeria, 1991 (June 5, 1992 / 41(22);397-9)
• A Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness of Disease and Injury Prevention (March 27, 1992 / 41(RR3):1-20)
• Surveillance for Dracunculiasis, 1981-1991 (March 1992 / 41(SS1):1-13)
• International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana and Nigeria, 1990 (April 19, 1991 / 40(15);245-7)
• International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Pakistan, 1990 (January 11, 1991 / 40(1);5-7)
• International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Worldwide, 1989 (January 5, 1990 / 38(51-52);882-5)
• Epidemiologic Notes and Reports: Regional Workshop on Dracunculiasis in Africa (January 2, 1987 / 35(51–52):797)
• International Notes Dracunculiasis Surveillance — India (April 29, 1983 / 32(16);208-10)
• Program to Eradicate Dracunculiasis — India. (November 13, 1981 / 30(44):549)
• Guinea Worm (Dracunculiasis) and the International Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (May 1, 1981 / 30(16):194-5)

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• The Guinea Worm Eradication Effort: Lessons for the Future (Vol.4/No. 3 July-September 1998)
• Progress Toward the Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease): 1994 (Vol. 1/No. 2 April-June 1995)

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• Eberhard ML, Ruiz-Tiben E, Korkor AS, Roy SL, Downs P. Emergence of Onchocerca volvulus from skin mimicking Dracunculus medinensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Dec;83(6):1348–51.
• Glenshaw MT, Roy S, Ruiz-Tiben E, Downs P, Williamson J, Eberhard M. Guinea Worm Disease Outcomes in Ghana:  Determinants of Broken Worms. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Aug;81(2):305-12.
• Hochberg N, Ruiz-Tiben E, Downs P, Fagan J, Maguire JH. The Role of Case Containment Centers in the Eradication of Dracunculiasis in Togo and Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Nov;79(5):722-8.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Downs P, Withers PC Jr, Roy S. Dracunculiasis Eradication: Neglected No Longer. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Oct;79(4):474-9.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Downs P, Withers PC Jr, Maguire JH. Dracunculiasis Eradication: The Final Inch. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Oct;73(4):669-75.
• Bimi L, Freeman AR, Eberhard ML, Ruiz-Tiben E, Pieniazek NJ. Differentiating Dracunculus medinensis from D. insignis, by the Sequence Analysis of the 18S rRNA Gene. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005 Jul;99(5):511-7.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Diallo N, Withers PC Jr, Maguire JH. Dracunculiasis Eradication:  And Now, Sudan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Oct;67(4):415-22.
• Zhu W, Baggerman G, Secor WE, Casares F, Pryor SC, Fricchione GL, Ruiz-Tiben E, Eberhard ML, Bimi L, Stefano GB. Dracunculus mendinensis and Schistosoma mansoni Contain Opiate Alkaloids. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Apr;96(3):309-16.
• Eberhard ML, Melemoko G, Zee AK, Weisskopf MG, Ruiz-Tiben E. Misidentification of Onchocerca volvulus as Guinea Worm. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2001 Dec;95(8):821-6.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Ruebush TK, Diallo N, Agle A, Withers PC Jr. Dracunculiasis Eradication: Delayed, Not Denied. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2000 Feb;62(2):163-8.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Ruebush TK. Dracunculiasis Eradication: Almost a Reality. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1997 Sep;57(3):252-9.
• Eberhard ML, Brandt FH. The Role of Tadpoles and Frogs as Paratenic Hosts in the Life Cycle of Dracunculus insignis (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea). J Parasitol. 1995 Oct;81(5):792-3.
• Hopkins DR, Azam M, Ruiz-Tiben E, Kappus KD. Eradication of Dracunculiasis from Pakistan. Lancet. 1995 Sep 2;346(8975):621-4.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Ruebush T 2nd, Agle AN, Withers PC Jr. Dracunculiasis Eradication:  March 1994 Update. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Jan;52(1):14-20.
• Ruiz-Tiben E, Hopkins DR, Ruebush TK, Kaiser RL. Progress Toward the Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease): 1994. Emerg Infect Dis. 1995 Apr–Jun;1(2):58-60.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Kaiser RL, Agle AN, Withers PC Jr. Dracunculiasis Eradication:  Beginning of the End. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1993 Sep;49(3):281-9.
• Sullivan JJ, Bishop HS, Hightower AW. Susceptibility of Four Species of Copepods, from Areas of Endemic Dracunculus medinensis, to the North American D. insignis. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1991 Dec;85(6):637-43.
• Brandt FH, Eberhard ML. Inoculation of Ferrets with Ten Third-Stage Larvae of Dracunculus insignis. J Parasitol. 1991 Oct;77(5):786-7.
• Broderson JR, Eberhard ML, Welch BG, Brandt FH. Spinal Dracunculiasis in an Experimentally Infected Ferret. Lab Anim Sci. 1991 Apr;41(2):180-2.
• Eberhard ML, Brandt FH, Kaiser RL. Chlortetracycline for Dracunculiasis. Lancet. 1991 Feb 23;337(8739):500.
• Kappus KD, Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Imtiaz R, Andersen J, Azam M, Attiq A. A Strategy to Speed the Eradication of Dracunculiasis. World Health Forum. 1991;12(2):220-5.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E. Strategies for Dracunculiasis Eradication. Bull World Health Organ. 1991;69(5):533-40.
• Imtiaz R, Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E. Permanent Disability from Dracunculiasis. Lancet. 1990 Sep 8;336(8715):630.
• Imtiaz R, Anderson JD, Long EG, Sullivan JJ, Cline BL. Monofilament Nylon Filters for Preventing Dracunculiasis:  Durability and Copepod Retention After Long Term Field Use in Pakistan. Trop Med Parasitol. 1990 Sep;41(3):251-3.
• Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E. Dracunculiasis Eradication:  Target 1995. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Sep;43(3):296-300.
• Brandt FH, Eberhard ML. Distribution, Behavior, and Course of Patency of Dracunculus insignis in Experimentally Infected Ferrets. J Parasitol. 1990 Aug;76(4):515-8.
• Eberhard ML, Brandt FH, Ruiz-Tiben E, Hightower A. Chemoprophylactic Drug Trials for Treatment of Dracunculiasis Using the Dracunculus insignis-Ferret Model. J Helminthol. 1990 Jun;64(2):79-86.
• Brandt FH, Eberhard ML. Dracunculus insignis in Ferrets:  Comparison of Inoculation Routes. J Parasitol. 1990 Feb;76(1):93-5.
• Richards F, Hopkins D. Surveillance:  The Foundation for Control and Elimination of Dracunculiasis in Africa. Int J Epidemiol. 1989 Dec;18(4):934-43.
• Eberhard ML, Rab MA, Dilshad MN. Red Dracunculus medinensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1989 Oct;41(4):479-81.
  Eberhard ML, Ruiz-Tiben E, Wallace SV. Dracunculus insignis:  Experimental Infection in the Ferret, Mustela putorius furo. J Helminthol. 1988 Sep;62(3):265-70.
• Sullivan JJ, Long EG. Synthetic-Fibre Filters for Preventing Dracunculiasis:  100 Versus 200 Micrometres Pore Size. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1988;82(3):465-6.
• Hopkins DR. Dracunculiasis Eradication:  A Mid-Decade Status Report. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1987 Jul;37(1):115-8.
• Edungbola LD, Watts SJ, Kale OO, Smith GS, Hopkins DR. A Method of Rapid Assessment of the Distribution and Endemicity of Dracunculiasis in Nigeria. Soc Sci Med. 1986;23(6):555-8.
• Hopkins DR. Dracunculiasis:  An Eradicable Scourge. Epidemiol Rev. 1983 Jan;5(1):208-19.
• Hopkins DR, Foege WH. Guinea Worm Disease. Science. 1981 May 1;212(4494):495.

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