Eradication of infectious diseases
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title:
Eradication of infectious diseases
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The eradication of infectious diseases is the reduction of the prevalence of an infectious disease in the global host population to zero. Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox in humans, and rinderpest in ruminants. There are four ongoing programs, targeting the human diseases poliomyelitis (polio), yaws, dracunculiasis, and malaria. Five more infectious diseases have been identified as of April 2008 as potentially eradicable with current technology by the Carter Ce
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Elimination of a disease from all hosts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eradication_of_infectious_diseases
date created:
2007-11-30T16:50:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T19:33:20Z
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