Scientists' New Eradication Target:A Word in Their Lexicon

摘要

Malaria has been eradicated from Europe. True or false? True-malaria no longer occurs in Europe, except for "imported" cases, of course. Yet most scientists would argue that the statement is wrong because eradication, by definition, means that a disease is gone from the entire planet. When talking about one or more countries, or even a whole continent, you have to use the second E-word: elimination. Smallpox has been eradicated. Malaria has been eliminated from Europe.