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dracunculiasis

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Noun1.dracunculiasisdracunculiasis - 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
Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease
infestation - the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites


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Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, and trachoma.
The effect of arsenic mitigation interventions on disease burden in ... by Milton, Abul H. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Also called dracunculiasis, the water-borne, crippling disease is caused by a worm that infects an estimated 10 million people annually, mostly in rural areas of Africa, India and Pakistan.
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In addition to studying schistosomiasis in Egypt, she has conducted research on dracunculiasis in Nigeria.
Women, water management, and health by Watts, Susan / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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