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Progress Toward Eradication of Dracunculiasis - Worldwide, January 2022-June 2023
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023 Nov 10;72(45):1230-1236. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7245a4.ABSTRACTThe effort to eradicate Dracunculus medinensis, the etiologic agent of dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease, commenced at CDC in 1980. In 1986, with an estimated 3.5 million cases worldwide in 20 African and Asian countries, the World Health Assembly called for dracunculiasis elimination. The Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) was established to help countries with endemic dracunculiasis reach this goal. GWEP is led by The Carter Center and supported by partners that include the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and CDC. In ...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - November 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Donald R Hopkins Adam J Weiss Sarah Yerian Sarah G H Sapp Vitaliano A Cama Source Type: research

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Potential Interventions for Guinea Worm Disease in Dogs in Chad Using Simulations
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 5:tpmd220654. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0654. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGuinea worm (GW) disease (or dracunculiasis) is currently transmitted among dogs in Chad, which presents risks for the human population. We studied how interventions implemented at different levels might reduce the spread of GW disease (geographically and over time) and what levels of interventions might accelerate elimination. We built a multiple-water-source agent-based simulation model to analyze the disease transmission among dogs in Chad, as well as in geographic district clusters, and validated it using local infection...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yifan Wang Tyler Perini P ınar Keskinocak Hannah Smalley Julie Swann Adam Weiss Source Type: research

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Potential Interventions for Guinea Worm Disease in Dogs in Chad Using Simulations
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 5:tpmd220654. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0654. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGuinea worm (GW) disease (or dracunculiasis) is currently transmitted among dogs in Chad, which presents risks for the human population. We studied how interventions implemented at different levels might reduce the spread of GW disease (geographically and over time) and what levels of interventions might accelerate elimination. We built a multiple-water-source agent-based simulation model to analyze the disease transmission among dogs in Chad, as well as in geographic district clusters, and validated it using local infection...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 5, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Yifan Wang Tyler Perini P ınar Keskinocak Hannah Smalley Julie Swann Adam Weiss Source Type: research

Scientific literature on neglected tropical diseases: a bibliometric analysis
Pathog Glob Health. 2023 Aug 22:1-8. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2023.2250619. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases mainly affecting people in low- and middle-income Countries. The aim of this study was to perform a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on NTDs. Using the MeSH database, we quantified the number of publications on MEDLINE targeting each NTD, which were published from 1 January 1999 to 31 January 2019. In order to weight the number of publications targeting a given NTD according to the total number of publications/year, we calculated a Yearly Publica...
Source: Pathogens and Global Health - August 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianpiero Tebano Elisa Vanino Paolo Muratori Francesco Cristini Source Type: research