Wednesday 19 November 2014

Diseases That Have Been Eradicated

Eradicated
  • Smallpox
  • Rinderpest

Global eradication under way
  • Poliomyelitis (polio)
  • Dracunculiasis
  • Yaws
  • Malaria

Regional elimination established or under way
  • Hookworm
  • Lymphatic filariasis
  • Measles
  • Rubella
  • Onchocerciasis
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and new variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eradication_of_infectious_diseases#Other_eradicable_diseases

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