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Dracunculiasis Eradication: End-Stage Challenges
This report summarizes the status of the global Dracunculiasis Eradication Program as of the end of 2021. Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) has been eliminated from 17 of 21 countries where it was endemic in 1986, when an estimated 3.5 million cases occurred worldwide. Only Chad, Ethiopia, Mali,...
Main Authors: | Hopkins, Donald R., Weiss, Adam J., Torres-Velez, Fernando J., Sapp, Sarah G. H., Ijaz, Kashef |
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Format: | Online Article Text |
Language: | English |
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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2022
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9393450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35895421 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0197 |
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