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- Title
Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis -- January 2013-June 2014.
- Authors
Hopkins, Donald R.; Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto; Eberhard, Mark L.; Roy, Sharon L.
- Abstract
The article highlights developments in the management of dracunculiasis around the world from January 2013 to June 2014. Topics discussed include the strategies to prevent the transmission of Dracunculus medinensis, complementary measures to contain the transmission of dracunculiasis, countries where the disease is endemic such as Chad, South Sudan, and Mali, and challenges relating to medical surveillance of the disease.
- Subjects
DRACUNCULIASIS; GUINEA worm; ENDEMIC diseases; WORLD health; PREVENTION of infectious disease transmission; MEDICAL screening; PREVENTION
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2014, Vol 63, Issue 46, p1050
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article