Guinea worm disease: 53 cases reported in 2019, Vast majority in Chad
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By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Carter Center announced today that a provisional total of 53 cases of Guinea worm disease were reported in 2019, up from 28 cases reported in 2018. The campaign against the disease, also called dracunculiasis, has taken on additional complexity in recent years with the rise of infections in animals, primarily dogs in ["]
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