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  2. Eradication of dracunculiasis - Wikipedia

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    Logarithmic scale of reported Guinea Worm Cases 1989–2022. Eradication of dracunculiasis is an ongoing program. Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease, is an infection by the Guinea worm. [1] In 1986, there were an estimated 3.5 million cases of Guinea worm in 20 endemic nations in Asia and Africa. [2] Ghana alone reported 180 000 cases in 1989.

  3. Once in the millions, Guinea worm cases numbered 13 in 2023 ...

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    Guinea worm disease remains on the cusp of being eradicated, with the global number of cases in 2023 holding steady at 13, according to a provisional account released by The Carter Center. Global ...

  4. Dracunculiasis - Wikipedia

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    Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis.A person becomes infected by drinking water contaminated with Guinea-worm larvae that reside inside copepods (a type of small crustacean).

  5. Eradication of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Unlike diseases such as smallpox and polio, there is no vaccine or drug therapy for guinea worm. [44] Eradication efforts have been based on making drinking water supplies safer (e.g. by provision of borehole wells, or through treating the water with larvicide), on containment of infection and on education for safe drinking water practices.

  6. Dracunculus medinensis - Wikipedia

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    Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm, dragon worm, fiery serpent [1]) is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as guinea worm disease. [2] The disease is caused by the female [ 3 ] which, at around 80 centimetres (31 inches) in length, [ 4 ] is among the longest nematodes infecting humans. [ 5 ]

  7. In his final days, Jimmy Carter on cusp of a humanitarian ...

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    Carter had set up the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program in 1986, when about 3.5 million people across rural Africa and Asia were afflicted by the excruciating parasite that has plagued humans ...

  8. List of diseases eliminated from the United States - Wikipedia

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    ("Elimination" is the preferred term for "regional eradication" of a disease; the term "eradication" is reserved for the reduction of an infectious disease's global prevalence to zero.) Eliminated diseases can often be re-imported without additional endemic cases. Although no fixed rule always applies, many infectious diseases (e.g., measles ...

  9. X-ray reveals parasitic worm inside man's foot - AOL

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    The guinea worm has the potential to grow more than 3 feet in length however in this case, doctors spotted two pieces of the worm inside the man's foot that combined, only measured a few ...