What made you aware of the small parasitic worms that are infecting people and animals in Africa?

Question: What made you aware of the small parasitic worms that are infecting people and animals in Africa?
- Keywords:
  africa,
  animal,
  disease,
  parasitic,
  worms
Asked by robertsl07 to Anouk on 21 Jun 2012.
- Anouk Gouvras answered on 21 Jun 2012:
  
  Actually I learnt about them, first in my Zoology course for my undergrad degree and afterwards in my masters of science course which was specific to parasites.

Question: What made you aware of the small parasitic worms that are infecting people and animals in Africa?