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[Correspondence] Dogs and Guinea worm eradication
After 30 years of control campaigns, guinea worm faces eradication.1 However, dogs are expected to thwart the eradication of dracunculiasis as they act as alternative hosts of the worm.1,2 The health community undoubtedly have to recognise the success of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP), although some flaws cannot be overlooked. One of the most essential points when trying to achieve the control of parasitic infections is to determine the role of reservoirs that could maintain the disease. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - June 21, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: M Teresa Galán-Puchades Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research

Dracunculiasis eradication: global surveillance summary, 2015.
Authors: PMID: 27132287 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record)
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record - April 28, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Wkly Epidemiol Rec Source Type: research

Ethiopian dracunculiasis eradication, the end game challenges, 2015
Background: Since a global campaign to eradicate dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) was begun in 1986, the number of cases has decreased from 3.5 million to 15 in 2015. The revised 2009 target date for eradication has passed. The disease transmission is currently limited to only South Sudan, Mali, Chad, and Ethiopia. Ethiopia started the campaign in 1994 and has decreased cases from 1252 to 2 in 2015. We analyzed surveillance data to better understand epidemiology of the disease and determine what sustaining transmission in Ethiopia. (Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - March 29, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: A.S. Shilbe, G.E. Yembo, D.J. Wayesa, A.B. Woyessa, T.B. Anbessie, A.K. Habtemichael, Z.Z. Kebede, K. Haile Tags: Type: Poster Presentation Source Type: research

[Editorial] Guinea worm disease nears eradication
Only two infectious diseases have ever been eradicated: smallpox, of which the last naturally transmitted case occurred in 1977, and rinderpest, a disease of cattle and related ungulates, officially declared eradicated in 2011. This year might see a remarkable doubling in the list of eradicated diseases, with both polio (about which we wrote in the August, 2015, issue) and guinea worm no longer being naturally transmitted. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - January 27, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: The Lancet Infectious Diseases Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-October 2015.
Authors: PMID: 26685392 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record)
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record - December 18, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Wkly Epidemiol Rec Source Type: research

Who Neglects Neglected Tropical Diseases? - Korean Perspective.
Authors: Choi MH, Yu JR, Hong ST Abstract Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of tropical infectious diseases of poorest people. Of 17 NTDs managed by WHO, two, guinea worm disease (by 2015) and yaws (by 2020) are targeted for eradication, and four (blinding trachoma, human African trypanosomiasis, leprosy, and lymphatic filariasis) for elimination by 2020. The goals look promising but 11 others are still highly prevalent. Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are one NTD which prevail over the world including temperate zones. They had been highly prevalent in Korea but are mostly disappearing at pr...
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - December 1, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January- September 2015.
Authors: PMID: 26591027 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record)
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record - November 20, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Wkly Epidemiol Rec Source Type: research

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2014-June 2015.
PMID: 26492134 [PubMed - in process] (Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl...)
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - October 24, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Eberhard ML, Roy SL Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-July 2015.
Authors: PMID: 26454889 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record)
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record - October 9, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Wkly Epidemiol Rec Source Type: research

The Tortoise and the Hare: Guinea Worm, Polio and the Race to Eradication
Introduction Smallpox is no longer with us. Rinderpest, a measles-like virus of cattle, was formally declared extinct in 2011.1 What other diseases might follow? This paper looks at some clear candidates that were due for eradication this year and explores the chances of success and remaining obstacles for guinea worm and polio. The race is on. The classic fable of Æsop is known almost universally by both children and adults. Somehow the tale of an overconfident hare losing a race to a much maligned and slower tortoise has entered our consciousness, although the exact moral lesson is ambiguous. Should we accept the co...
Source: PLOS Currents Outbreaks - August 31, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Authors: brettsutton Source Type: research

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-June 2015.
Authors: PMID: 26298884 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record)
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record - August 21, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Wkly Epidemiol Rec Source Type: research

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-May 2015.
Authors: PMID: 26121769 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record)
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record - June 26, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Wkly Epidemiol Rec Source Type: research

Thirty-Seven Human Cases of Sparganosis from Ethiopia and South Sudan Caused by Spirometra Spp.
Abstract Thirty-seven unusual specimens, three from Ethiopia and 34 from South Sudan, were submitted since 2012 for further identification by the Ethiopian Dracunculiasis Eradication Program (EDEP) and the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program (SSGWEP), respectively. Although the majority of specimens emerged from sores or breaks in the skin, there was concern that they did not represent bona fide cases of Dracunculus medinensis and that they needed detailed examination and identification as provided by the World Health Organization Collaborating Center (WHO CC) at Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - June 8, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Eberhard ML, Thiele EA, Yembo GE, Yibi MS, Cama VA, Ruiz-Tiben E Tags: Am J Trop Med Hyg Source Type: research

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-April 2015.
Authors: PMID: 26027017 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record)
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record - May 29, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Wkly Epidemiol Rec Source Type: research

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January– February 2015.
Authors: PMID: 25958418 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record)
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record - May 8, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Wkly Epidemiol Rec Source Type: research