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Dracunculiasis

Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis). A person becomes infected by drinking water contaminated with Guinea-worm larvae that reside inside copepods (a type of small crustacean). Stomach acid digests the copepod and releases the Guinea worm larva, which penetrates the…

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Causes
Ingesting Guinea worm–infected copepods, drinking contaminated water
Deaths
~1% of cases
Frequency
10–15 cases worldwide per year (2022–2025)
Other names
Guinea-worm disease · dracontiasis
Prevention
Preventing those infected from putting the wound in drinking water, treating contaminated water
Specialty
Infectious disease

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Epidemiology

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Eradication

Non-human hosts

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Dracunculiasis

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Edges128
Triples171
Avg. degree1.98
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Dracunculiasis

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related to Eradication · 35
Dracunculiasis → Benin, Burkina Faso, By, Cameroon, Carter Center, CDC, Central African Republic, Chad, Control, Côte, Ethiopia, Following, Ghana, In, India, Ivoire, June, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania
related to Non-human hosts · 26
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related to history · 25
Dracunculiasis → Agatharchides, Arabic, Asclepius, Avicenna, BCE, Diseases, Dracunculus, Ebers, Egyptologist Paul Ghalioungui, Friedrich Küchenmeister, Galen, Georg Hieronymous Velschius, Greco-Roman, Greek, Guinea, Hebrews, In, Old Testament, Persian, Plutarch's Symposiacon
related to Epidemiology · 14
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has treatment · 13
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related to External links · 11
Dracunculiasis → Carter Center, Carter CenterAnyak, Disease Eradication Program, Guinea, Guinea Worm, Guinea-worm, Kristof, Nicholas, Sudanese, The New York Times, World Health OrganizationGuinea Worm
related to Cause · 9
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related to Diagnosis · 9
Dracunculiasis → Dead, Dracunculus, Guinea, Patients, PCR, Recent, The, This, X-ray
has prevention · 6
Dracunculiasis → Consequently, Nylon, Public, There, Water, Where
related to Outcomes · 6
Dracunculiasis → Around, Communities, Outbreaks, People, Some, When

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worm water disease cases eradication medinensis larvae wound drinking worms copepods year three guinea infected blister affected transmission sudan female

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DracunculiasisCausesIngesting Guinea worm–infected copepods, drinking contaminated water1.00infobox
DracunculiasisDeaths~1% of cases1.00infobox
DracunculiasisFrequency10–15 cases worldwide per year (2022–2025)1.00infobox
DracunculiasisOther namesGuinea-worm disease1.00infobox
DracunculiasisOther namesdracontiasis1.00infobox
DracunculiasisPreventionPreventing those infected from putting the wound in drinking water, treating contaminated water1.00infobox
DracunculiasisSpecialtyInfectious disease1.00infobox
DracunculiasisSymptomsPainful blister that a long white worm crawls out of1.00infobox
DracunculiasisTreatmentSlowly extracting worm, supportive care1.00infobox
DracunculiasisUsual onsetOne year after exposure1.00infobox
Dracunculiasisis adisease of extreme poverty0.90text
Dracunculiasishas preventionThere0.60section

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