Guinea worm eradication: four more years to go.
In 1990, Hopkins and Ruiz-Riben stated that the target date o f the end o f 1995 for the eradication of dracunculiasis is unrealistic only if it is judged to be unimportant. Here, Ralph Muller reviews the situation in each endemic country, and looks at possible intervention strategies.
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