Guinea Worm Wrap-Up: #238, January 11, 2016

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Guinea Worm Wrap-Up: #238, January 11, 2016

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January 11, 2016
By WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis. ...
Series: Guinea Worm Wrap-Up

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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 COUNT FOR 2015: 22 CASES OF GUINEA WORM DISEASE WORLDWIDE

The four remaining endemic countries of Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and South Sudan have reported a provisional total of only 22 cases in 2015, which is an unprecedented reduction of 83% from the 126 cases reported worldwide in 2014 (Figures 1-3, and Table 1).
Subjects:

Communicable Disease Control Disease Eradication Dracunculiasis/prevention & Control Dracunculus Nematode
Series:

Guinea Worm Wrap-Up
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Newsletter
Place as Subject:

Chad ; Ethiopia ; Mali ; South Sudan
Pages in Document:

12 unnumbered pages
Issue:

238
Collection(s):

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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