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Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire Dec 1990
Topics: Communicable Disease Control; Dracunculiasis; Humans; Nigeria; Primary Health Care; Water Supply
PubMed: 1980420
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Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire Oct 1990
Topics: Dracunculiasis; Humans; Incidence; Pakistan; Population Surveillance
PubMed: 2145962
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Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire Apr 1990
Topics: Burkina Faso; Dracunculiasis; Health Education; Humans; Incidence; Public Health; Public Health Administration; Water Supply
PubMed: 2143676
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Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire Nov 1995
Topics: Adult; Central African Republic; Dracunculiasis; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged
PubMed: 8534593
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Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire Jun 1993
Topics: Dracunculiasis; Incidence; Nigeria; Population Surveillance
PubMed: 8323864
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Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire Aug 1990
Topics: Dracunculiasis; Ghana; Humans; Prevalence
PubMed: 2145961
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Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire May 1990
Topics: Adult; Communicable Disease Control; Dracunculiasis; Female; Humans; India; Male; Program Evaluation; Public Health
PubMed: 2143677
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Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire Apr 2004
Topics: Africa; Disease Outbreaks; Dracunculiasis; Humans; World Health Organization
PubMed: 15139173
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International Journal of Epidemiology Feb 1999Dracunculiasis is endemic in Mayo Sava Division in the Far North Province of Cameroon. Transmission occurs during the rainy season with a peak in the months of July and...
BACKGROUND
Dracunculiasis is endemic in Mayo Sava Division in the Far North Province of Cameroon. Transmission occurs during the rainy season with a peak in the months of July and August.
METHODS
A combination of interventions consisting of active surveillance, social mobilization, health education, distribution of filters, construction of new water sources, chemical treatment of unsafe water sources with temephos, and case containment were applied in Mayo Sava in 1990-1995 by the national Guinea Worm Elimination Programme (GWEP). Dracunculiasis cases were detected by village health workers, confirmed by health outreach teams and reported weekly to the GWEP.
RESULTS
A decline in the incidence of dracunculiasis by 98.1% from 778 cases in 1990 to 15 in 1995, and in the number of endemic villages by 92.7% from 82 in 1990 to 6 in 1995 was achieved. The proportion of cases identified < or =24 hours of worm emergence increased from 19% in 1991 to 73.6% in 1993. Over 1500 nylon monofilament filters were distributed yearly to endemic villages lacking safe drinking water sources, while 81 new water sources were constructed (boreholes, wells and dikes), 55% in 1992-1993. The success of GWEP is attributed mainly to: intensive and simultaneous implementation of interventions in highly endemic villages in the first 3 years of the programme, case containment, and cash reward.
CONCLUSIONS
Cameroon is on the threshold of eliminating dracunculiasis from Mayo Sava but the major remaining obstacle is the ever increasing threat of re-infestation from neighbouring countries.
Topics: Adult; Cameroon; Communicable Disease Control; Dracunculiasis; Endemic Diseases; Female; Health Education; Humans; Incidence; Male; Population Surveillance; Water Supply
PubMed: 10195683
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.1.163 -
Indian Journal of Dermatology,... 2023A nematode parasite, Dracunculus medinensis, causes dracunculiasis. Despite being non-fatal, this condition causes significant morbidity. Dracunculiasis is considered an...
A nematode parasite, Dracunculus medinensis, causes dracunculiasis. Despite being non-fatal, this condition causes significant morbidity. Dracunculiasis is considered an eradicated disease in India since 1999. We report two cases that document the unusual linear morphea-like morphology of the calcified D. medinensis and the rare periorbital location of the worm. The cases presented here are rare and a diagnostic challenge, considering the eradicated status of dracunculiasis.
Topics: Animals; Humans; Dracunculiasis; Dracunculus Nematode; India; Skin Diseases
PubMed: 33969654
DOI: 10.25259/IJDVL_909_20