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dracunculiasis メジナ虫症 ( guinea worm disease ギアナ虫症)
WHOは1986年、天然痘後の次の撲滅すべき病気として取り上げた。
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ProMED-mail Archive Number 20101114.4135
Published Date 14-NOV-2010
Subject PRO/EDR> Dracunculiasis – Nigeria: anticipated free 2011
Date: 10 Nov 2010
Source: All Africa [edited]
URL http://allafrica.com/stories/201011110631.html

Nigeria ナイジェリア連邦共和国
メジナ虫症 ( guinea worm disease ギアナ虫症)
2008年11月10日の国内最後の症例報告から 24か月(2010年11月10日)。

1988年[-1989年の期間]、世界の中で最も患者が多い国で、計 653 620人( 5879村)だった。
連続36か月発症報告ゼロであれば、WHOの根絶認定は確実なものになる (2011年)。
The World Health Organization (WHO [根絶認定委員会]) is to present Nigeria with a certificate of guinea worm disease eradication next year [2011].
…
Akpan [, Chief consultant epidemiologist in the Federal Ministry of Health], however, cautioned that in order to secure the certification by WHO, there have to be 36 consecutive months of zero guinea worm disease cases reported, …

[Mod. EP氏解説:
The latest WHO report from 2008 on the guinea worm eradication program can be found at
[URL PDF文書 *] http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2008/WHO_HTM_NTD_PCT_2008.1_eng.pdf
,and an update at [URL] http://www.who.int/dracunculiasis/en/
.]

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By 2007, transmission of the parasite was limited to just 5 African countries, mostly in east and west Africa, where about 9 585 cases were reported.
Sudan reported about 61% of the number of cases, Ghana reported about 35% and Mali reported about 3%. Niger and Nigeria reported less than1%. Infection has a marked seasonal peak in most communities.

BMJ 2010; 340:c496 doi: 10.1136/bmj.c496 (Published 26 January 2010)
News http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c496.extract
And then there were four: more countries beat guinea worm disease
Michelle Lodge

… Nigeria, which recorded the world’s largest number of cases between 1988 and 1989, when 653 620 people in 5879 villages were affected by the painful and debilitating disease.
That leaves Sudan, Mali, Ghana, …