Will Guinea worm disease be eradicated before 2031?
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Note that to be declared eradicated, there must be zero reported cases for 3 years. From https://www.who.int/activities/certifying-eradication-of-dracunculiasis:
To be declared free of dracunculiasis, a country that has stopped transmission of the disease must have reported zero indigenous cases through active surveillance for at least 3 consecutive calendar years.
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@Slackhammer It's been in dogs for a while. The relatively new thing is actually tracking that, because we didn't realize that dogs/cats/monkeys could be a reservoir that might infect humans.
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