Series: Diseases on the Brink The New York Times
March 2006
Articles in this series deal with five diseases – polio, guinea worm, measles, blinding trachoma and lymphatic filariasis – that are extinct in the developed world but stubbornly persistent in some poor nations. As the diseases hover on the brink of eradication, doctors and scientists face daunting obstacles as they struggle to finish the job. (Note: To read these stories at www.nytimes.com, you may be asked to log on.)
