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Dracunculiasis - Wikipedia
Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis). A person becomes infected by drinking ...
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Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease)
Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water, causing a painful blister from which a ...
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About Guinea Worm - CDC
Guinea worm disease is considered a Neglected Tropical Disease. It is a parasitic infection spread by drinking water containing Guinea worm ...
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Guinea worm
Guinea worm A parasitic nematoid worm (Filaria medinensis) frequent in many parts of Guinea, whence the name; it is long and thread-like, of a white colour, inhabiting the human skin, esp. of the lower extremities, where its presence causes painful suppuration. Also, the disease occasioned by its pr...
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Guinea Worm Eradication Program - The Carter Center
The Carter Center works to eliminate Guinea worm in countries affected by the disease: Angola, Chad, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mali, and South Sudan.
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Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease)
Guinea-worm disease is caused by the parasitic worm Dracunculus medinensis or Guinea-worm. This worm is the largest of the tissue parasite affecting humans.
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CDC - Guinea Worm - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guinea worm disease, a neglected tropical disease (NTD), is caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. The disease affects poor communities in remote parts of Africa that do not have safe water to drink. There is neither a drug treatment for Guinea worm disease nor a vaccine to prevent it. Great progress has been made towards elimination of ...
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Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) - PMC - PubMed Central
Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease), caused by the nematode parasite Dracunculiasis medinensis, is a painful, disabling disease of impoverished, rural ...
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Even with no drug or vaccine, eradication of Guinea worm is in sight
The Guinea worm eradication effort shows the power of relatively simple, non-pharmaceutical interventions that emphasize improved hygiene and community ...
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The Slow, Agonizing Death of Guinea Worm Disease
Guinea worm disease begins when someone in a rural, water-scarce region drinks from a stagnant pond teeming with tiny water fleas infected by ...
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DPDx - Dracunculiasis - CDC
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by the nematode (roundworm) Dracunculus medinensis.
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Dracunculiasis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic disease caused by the nematode Dracunculus medinensis.
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Once in the millions, Guinea worm cases numbered 13 in 2023, Carter ...
1 day agoJimmy Carter has said he hopes to outlive Guinea worm. Humans typically contract Guinea worm disease through contaminated water sources that contain organisms that eat Guinea worm larvae. The larvae develop into adult worms and mate within the human host. Pregnant female worms often emerge from painful blisters on a host's skin.
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Guinea Worm Disease: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment - Verywell Health
Aug 28, 2022Guinea worm affects dogs, for example, much like humans. Dogs take in the infected copepods through contaminated food or water, the larvae grow and mature into adult worms inside the dogs' bodies, and then, ultimately, erupt through the skin to release new larvae into water sources where they can continue to affect humans.
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Once in the millions, Guinea worm cases numbered 13 in 2023, Carter ...
5 days agoATLANTA — Guinea worm disease remains on the cusp of being eradicated, with the global number of cases in 2023 holding steady at 13, according to a provisional account released by The Carter Center.
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