The major approaches to Guinea worm prevention and eradication include: 1. Filtering drinking water through finely-woven cloth to mechanically remove copepods or drinking water through filter straws. 2. Treating contaminated water with a larvicide known as temephos (ABATE®). 3. Health education to prevent infected individuals from entering drinking water sources when Guinea worms are emerging. 4. Providing clean water from wells. 📸 Life Straw

The leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by protozoan parasites from more than 20 Leishmania species. An estimated 700,000 to 1 million new cases occur annually. Learn more and explore our free resources at parasiteswithoutborders.com

Parasitic Diseases Lectures #3: Introduction to Protozoan Parasites 🪱 Dickson and Daniel introduce the protozoan parasites that will be discussed in this course. 📺 bit.ly/42luUsP

Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, M.D. (1879–1934) 🔬Working as a physician in rural Brazil, Chagas determined that the most recent seasonal mortality rate was not due entirely to malaria, as many had died with no malarial parasites demonstrable in their bloodstream. Instead, he observed that the vinchuca bug (reduviid) had trypanosomes in their gut tract and made the association between the bugs and the infection in people by finding trypanosomes in the blood of a young infected girl. He went on to describe many of the clinical features of what was to become known as American trypanosomiasis. He named it Trypanosoma cruzi, after his friend and mentor, Oswaldo Cruz. Chagas went on to discover Pneumocystis carinii, (renamed Pneumocystis jirovecii) an opportunistic fungal infection, a particular risk for HIV/AIDS patients. Page 170 📕 Parasitic Diseases, Eighth Edition Download a copy for free! parasiteswithoutborders.com/…