title: Indigenous ways of healing guinea worm by the Sonninke culture in Mauritania, West Africa.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hickman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003906:Developing Countries; D004320:Dracunculiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy*; D004321:Dracunculus Nematode / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008297:Male; D008435:Mauritania; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged