This article provides background information on bacterial diseases and discusses those that are candidates for elimination or eradication. Only one disease, neonatal tetanus, is a strong candidate for elimination. Others, including Haemophilus influenzae b infection, leprosy, diphtheria, pertussis, tuberculosis, meningococcal disease, congenital syphilis, trachoma and syphilis are important causes of morbidity and mortality in industrialized and developing countries. For all these diseases, eradication/elimination is not likely because of the characteristics of the disease and limitations in the interventions.
BT - Bulletin of the World Health Organization C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10063676?dopt=Abstract DA - 1998 J2 - Bull. World Health Organ. LA - eng N2 -This article provides background information on bacterial diseases and discusses those that are candidates for elimination or eradication. Only one disease, neonatal tetanus, is a strong candidate for elimination. Others, including Haemophilus influenzae b infection, leprosy, diphtheria, pertussis, tuberculosis, meningococcal disease, congenital syphilis, trachoma and syphilis are important causes of morbidity and mortality in industrialized and developing countries. For all these diseases, eradication/elimination is not likely because of the characteristics of the disease and limitations in the interventions.
PY - 1998 SP - 61 EP - 3 T2 - Bulletin of the World Health Organization TI - Candidate bacterial conditions. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2305665/pdf/bullwho00391-0058.pdf VL - 76 Suppl 2 SN - 0042-9686 ER -