Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2004-July 2005.

[dracunculiasis]

In 1986 , an estimated 3 .5 million cases of dracunculiasis occurred in 20 countries , and 120 million persons were at risk for the disease . That year , the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the eradication of dracunculiasis , also known as Guinea worm disease . This report describes the status of the global dracunculiasis eradication program as of July 2005 , indicating that , during January -July 2005 , a total of 8 ,191 indigenous cases of dracunculiasis were reported from nine countries , with at least 150 million persons at risk . Despite the substantial reductions in dracunculiasis cases since 1986 , eradication of dracunculiasis will require international commitment and ongoing surveillance and intensified interventions at national , state , and local levels .

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allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

aromatase deficiency

dracunculiasis

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