Guinea Worm Wrap-Up: #199, August 30, 2010

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• Journal Article:
  Guinea worm wrap-up
• Corporate Authors:
  WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis. ; Emory University. Carter Center ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Provisional data show a total of 1,129 cases reported from the four remaining endemic countries (Sudan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali) in January-July 2010, which is 43% fewer cases than the 1,994 cases that were reported during the same period of 2009. 75% of this year’s cases have been contained so far, versus 78% of cases in January-July 2009. Figure 1 and Table 1 indicate the number of cases reported by country during January- July 2010. Sudan accounts for 98% of this year’s reported cases, whereas Ghana, Mali and Ethiopia combined account for only 28 cases, a reduction of 90% from the 289 cases they reported during the same period in 2009 (Figure 2).
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Dracunculiasis/prevention & Control Dracunculus Nematode
• Series:
  Guinea Worm Wrap-Up
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Sudan ; Ethiopia ; Ghana ; Mali
• Pages in Document:
  8 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  199
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:adc5130a684dbb0cf892edd30b9d07c1e6aa39545137b4f31e5cc836656656819919df867e233af789b4da193356f7a1e3295047d99c53c00a728e1f6e177e9f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29522/cdc_29522_DS1.pdf
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