a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
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dracunculiasis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | guinea worm, guinea worm disease |
| Type of | infestation |
Examples of dracunculiasis
dracunculiasis
A guinea worm, dracunculiasis, is extracted from a child's foot in Savelugu, Ghana.
From the guardian.co.uk
Take dracunculiasis, a crippling parasitic disease caused by guinea worm.
From the guardian.co.uk
Northern Sudan had reported no endemic cases of dracunculiasis since 2001 at the time that South Sudan became independent.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In WHO's sights are malaria and dengue fever, plus other maladies that primarily affect pockets of the developing world, such as dracunculiasis, or guinea worm disease, and yaws.
From the businessweek.com
While most have heard of leprosy and sleeping sickness, they'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference between yaws and lymphatic filiariasis, Chagas disease and dracunculiasis.
From the npr.org
- Guinea worm disease: a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
- Dracunculiasis, also called guinea worm disease (GWD), is a parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a long and very thin nematode (roundworm). ...
