Dracunculiasis Eradication: And Now, South Sudan
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Dracunculiasis eradication: and now, Sudan.
This paper summarizes the status of the global dracunculiasis eradication campaign as of early 2002. Of the 20 countries that were endemic when the campaign began, seven have already interrupted transmission, four countries reported less than 100 cases each, and only five countries reported more than 1,000 cases each in 2001. Only 14,000 cases remained outside Sudan in 2001. Sudan reported 78% ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0090