PUBHLTH 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dracunculus Medinensis, Dracunculiasis, Rinderpest
15 Dec 2018
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Targeted diseases: guinea worm, caused by a parasite caused dracunculiasis which means affliction with little dragons in latin, guinea worm is exceedingly painful and can be permanently debilitating, especially in children. In 1986 there were 3. 5 million cases of guinea worm reported globally. By 2015, that was down to 22 cases and so far in 2017: measles, like smallpox, measles is highly contagious. In young people and adults usually only causes a rash and cold-like symptoms. But it is highly dangerous for unborn babies in their first trimester and can cause deafness, blindness and brain damage: polio, polio is a crippling and sometimes deadly infectious disease (links to an external site. )links to an external site. for which there is no cure. While most people who catch the disease recover fully, in about 1% of cases polio can leave its sufferers with permanent physical disabilities (links to an external site.
