[The history of the elimination of guinea worm infection in Uzbekistan].

Dracunculiasis was mainly spread in Bukhara. Control was made in two directions: 1) timely detection of patients, their registration, treatment and parasitic decontamination; 2) elimination of Dracunculus larvae-infected Cyclops in the water reservoirs. The prevalence of the disease is as high as 20% and a total of 1116 patients were identified. Only one patient was notified in 1931. In 1932, foci of Dracunculus stopped its existence in Old Bukhara and 56 neighboring inhabited areas.