Erratum - Vol 69, No 42

Published on October 29, 2020

MMWR Erratum Volume 69 Issue 42

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Challenges to Achieving Measles Elimination, Georgia, 2013–2018

October 29, 2020
Large-scale measles outbreaks occurred in Georgia during 2013–2015 and 2017–2018. These outbreaks indicates widespread circulation and genetic diversity of measles viruses and reveals persistent gaps in population immunity across a wide age range. CDC Emerging Infectious Disease

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2019–June 2020

October 30, 2020
During January–June 2020, the number of human dracunculiasis cases reported decreased to 19 in four countries (Angola, Chad, Ethiopia, and Mali) with one case in Cameroon in a patient possibly infected in Chad; South Sudan reported no human cases.Infected dogs, especially in Chad, and impeded access because of civil unrest and insecurity in Mali and South Sudan remain challenges to interrupting tr