Guinea Worm -- Angola
Disease surveillance confirms the presence of dracunculiasis in Angola. The World Health Organization (WHO) has received confirmation of a human case (29 Jun 2018) of dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) in Angola -- a country not known to have had any cases in the past.
"The patient is an 8 year old girl from Cunene Province. Signs of worm emergence in April this year [2018] were characteristic of guinea worm disease and the worm appeared identical to _Dracunculus medinensis_," said Dr
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5960517&promed&0
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