Dracunculiasis eradication: and now, Sudan.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on October 01, 2002

Authors

Donald R Hopkins1, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Nwando Diallo, P Craig Withers, James H Maguire

Author Affiliations

1: Global 2000 Program of The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA. exr1@cdc.gov

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