麦地那龙线虫病消除：现在，轮到南苏丹了。
Dracunculiasis eradication: and now, South Sudan.
机构信息
The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, USA.
出版信息
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jul;89(1):5-10. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0090.
This report summarizes the status of the global Dracunculiasis Eradication Program as of the end of 2012. Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) has been eliminated from 17 of 21 countries where it was endemic in 1986, when an estimated 3.5 million cases occurred worldwide. Only 542 cases were reported from four countries in 2012, and 103 villages still had indigenous transmission. Most remaining cases were reported from the new Republic of South Sudan, whereas Chad, Ethiopia, and Mali each reported 10 cases or less. Political instability and insecurity in Mali may become the main obstacles to interrupting dracunculiasis transmission forever.
本报告总结了截至 2012 年底全球麦地那龙线虫病根除规划的状况。麦地那龙线虫病（几内亚线虫病）已从 1986 年流行的 21 个国家中的 17 个国家中消除，当时全世界估计有 350 万例病例。2012 年仅从四个国家报告了 542 例病例，有 103 个村庄仍有本地传播。大多数剩余病例来自新成立的南苏丹共和国，而乍得、埃塞俄比亚和马里每个国家报告的病例均在 10 例以下。马里的政治不稳定和不安全局势可能成为永远阻断麦地那龙线虫病传播的主要障碍。
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