A parasitic disease affecting mammals, medieval serfs deemed what we now know as dracunculiasis as an invasion of tiny dragons — dragons that eventually burrowed out of the skin. Multiple ancient ...

DRACUNCULIASIS (GUINEA WORM DISEASE) IS A PARASITIC disease that is limited to remote, rural villages in 13 sub-Saharan African countries that do not have access to safe drinking water. It is one the ...

Angola continues to intensify its efforts to interrupt the transmission of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), focusing on ...

According to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dracunculiasis, also referred to as Guinea worm disease, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by the Dracunculus medinensis ...

When in 1988 former US President Jimmy Carter toured Denchira and Elevanyo, two villages near Accra, Ghana, he noticed a young woman who appeared to be cradling a baby. Carter approached her for a ...

October 28, 2011 — Global efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease, appear to be closer to success than ever, according to a report published in the October 28 issue of ...

Q: Which doctor should I consult for painful skin blister in the leg to rule out Guinea worm disease? A: Guinea worm disease is usually endemic in backward communities of certain regions of Africa and ...

Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis — Latin for “affliction with little dragons” — is a plague so ancient that it has been found in Egyptian mummies and has been proposed by some to have been the ...

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For the first time, Ethiopia is hosting the meeting of the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis – ICCDE. This 13th ICCDE meeting is taking place on 25-26 April 2019 at the ...

Guinea worm infection is transmitted when a person drinks contaminated water from ponds or wells that contain the immature form of the parasite (larva). A person becomes infected by drinking water ...

DRACUNCULIASIS (GUINEA WORM DISEASE) IS A PARASITIC disease that is limited to remote, rural villages in 13 sub-Saharan African countries that do not have access to safe drinking water. It is one the ...