Guinea Worm Wrap-Up: #125, July 19, 2002

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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:
  Countries outside of Sudan reduce cases by 30% so far in 2002
  
  The monthly reduction in cases of dracunculiasis in all endemic countries outside of Sudan in January-May 2002 are illustrated in Figure 1. The cumulative rate of reduction through May this year (including imported cases), compared to the same period of 2001, is –30%. In the first six months of 2001, cases were reduced by 39% compared to January- June 2000. If the current rate of reduction remains the same for the rest of 2002, less than 10,000 cases will be recorded outside of Sudan this year (vs. ~14,000 cases outside of Sudan in 2001). Ghana and Nigeria account for 82% of cases outside Sudan so far this year.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Dracunculiasis/prevention & Control Dracunculus Nematode
• Series:
  Guinea Worm Wrap-Up
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Pages in Document:
  4 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  125
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30669/cdc_30669_DS1.pdf
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