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Dracunculiasis Eradication: Are We There Yet?

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  • Alternative Title:
    Am J Trop Med Hyg
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  • Description:
    This report summarizes the status of the global Dracunculiasis Eradication Program as of the end of 2017. Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) has been eliminated from 19 of 21 countries where it was endemic in 1986, when an estimated 3.5 million cases occurred worldwide. Only Chad and Ethiopia reported cases in humans, 15 each, in 2017. Infections of animals, mostly domestic dogs, with | were reported in those two countries and also in Mali. Insecurity and infections in animals are the two main obstacles remaining to interrupting dracunculiasis transmission completely.
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  • Source:
    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018; 99(2):388-395.
  • Pubmed ID:
    29869608
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC6090361
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Volume:
    99
  • Issue:
    2
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    urn:sha256:357f16b45205529e099d7efb2250c4f59085f7b0c1684ca869e3c6fe8acf1311
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