Chronology January – June 2013

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis — January 2012–June 2013

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a parasitic worm. Approximately 1 year after infection from contaminated drinking water, the worm emerges through the skin of the infected person, usually on the lower limb. Pain and secondary bacterial infection can cause temporary or permanent disability that disrupts work and schooling. In 1986, the World Health Assemb...

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis — January 2013–June 2014

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a parasitic worm. Approximately 1 year after a person acquires infection from contaminated drinking water, the worm will emerge through the skin, usually on the lower limb. Pain and secondary bacterial infection can cause temporary or permanent disability that disrupts work and schooling. In 1986, the World Health Assembl...

January 2013

Trento , 26 January 2013

Marcello Disertori ([email protected]) Maria Grazia Franzosi ([email protected]) Simona Barlera ([email protected]) Franco Cosmi ([email protected]) Silvia Quintarelli ([email protected]) Chiara Favero ([email protected]) Glauco Cappellini ([email protected]) Gianna Fabbri ([email protected]) Aldo Pietro Magg...

Digest January 2013