Jan 30, 2025 · Overview Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water, causing a painful blister from which a worm slowly …

Jan 30, 2025 · 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. The adult female, …

Nov 4, 2019 · Guinea-worm disease is transmitted exclusively by drinking stagnant water contaminated with tiny water fleas that carry infective guinea-worm larvae. Guinea-worm disease affects people in …

Nov 4, 2019 · Guinea worm is, in fact, a real worm. It is a large nematode, Dracunculus medinensis, which is ingested through drinking contaminated water. This worm is the largest of the tissue parasite …

Jan 24, 2017 · Guinea worm is, in fact, a real worm. It is a large nematode, Dracunculus medinensis, which is ingested through drinking contaminated water. The condition is known as dracunculiasis or …

Sep 13, 2024 · 重要事实 麦地那龙线虫病是一种处于被消灭边缘的致残性寄生虫病，2023年有14例报告病例，而2022年为13例。 自感染发生时起，完成传播周期需要10-14个月。大约在这个时候，一条 …

Dracunculiasis is a crippling parasitic disease on the verge of eradication, with 15 human cases reported in 2024, 14 in 2023, and 13 in 2022. From the time infection occurs, it takes between 10–14 months …

Guinea worm disease, also known as dracunculiasis, is caused by the parasitic worm Dracunculus medinensis, which infects those who drink from stagnant water sources containing microscopic …

May 26, 2025 · The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly took a significant step forward in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) on Saturday 24 May, by adopting two resolutions that call …

Jan 30, 2025 · Salomon Kosoma, a fisherman and farmer in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is also a community mobilizer with a strong commitment to the prevention and control …