What is it about?
The incidence of dracunculiasis has been reduced by over 99%. Indeed, the most recent global report from 2022 shows only 13 cases of human dracunculiasis worldwide, the lowest annual incidence ever reported. The new found knowledge of potential animal reservoirs and the recent discovery of possible edible paratenic hosts could pose challenges to the future eradication of this debilitating disease.
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Why is it important?
It provides a trend of dracunculiasis infection
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This page is a summary of: The current state of knowledge on dracunculiasis: a narrative review of a rare neglected disease, Infezioni in Medicina, December 2023, Edizioni Internazionali srl, Divisione EDIMES Edizioni Medico-Scientifiche,
DOI: 10.53854/liim-3104-9.
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