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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,...

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Main Authors:	Hopkins, Donald R., Weiss, Adam J., Torres-Velez, Fernando J., Sapp, Sarah G. H., Ijaz, Kashef
Format:	Online Article Text
Language:	English
Published:	The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2022
Subjects:	Research Article
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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