Table 2.
Reported Animal Infections of Guinea Worm Disease in Considered Countries, 2015–2019; (Canine Infections).
| Year | Country | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | Cameroon | Chad | Ethiopia | Mali | South Sudan | ||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 487 (483) | 14 (13) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 503 (498) |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 1022 (1011) | 16 (14) | 11 (11) | 0 | 1049 (1036) |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 830 (817) | 15 (11) | 10 (9) | 0 | 855 (837) |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1065 (1040) | 17 (11) | 20 (18) | 0 | 1103 (1070) |
| 2019 | 1 (1) | 5 (5) 1 | 1973 (1927) | 8 (2) | 9 (8) | 0 | 1996 (1943) |
1 This number includes only reported infections explicitly mentioned in a Carter Center update [31], and does not include other unconfirmed rumors discovered by WHO investigators.