Nigeria's Triumph: Dracunculiasis Eradicated

This report describes how Nigeria, a country that at one time had the highest number of cases of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) in the world, reduced the number of cases from more than 653,000 in 1988 to zero in 2009, despite numerous challenges. Village-based volunteers formed the foundation...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Miri, Emmanuel S., Hopkins, Donald R., Ruiz-Tiben, Ernesto, Keana, Adamu S., Withers, P. Craig, Anagbogu, Ifeoma N., Sadiq, Lola K., Kale, Oladele O., Edungbola, Luke D., Braide, Eka I., Ologe, Joshua O., Ityonzughul, Cephas
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2010
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Perspective
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911162/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20682859
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0140
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