Patients with dracunculiasis are by default at risk for other parasitic infections due to the fact that areas endemic for Dracunculus also are endemic for other parasites. After treatment, patients should be followed for other symptomatology characteristic of parasitic infections. Candidate parasitic diseases. Immunoepidemiology of Dracunculus medinensis infections I. Antibody responses in relation to infection status. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established.
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