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dracunculiasis - guinea worm infection
Definition for dracunculiasis
Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is an infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis (also known as "Guinea worm").
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Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is an infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis (also known as "Guinea worm"). Dracunculus comes from the Latin "little dragon".The female Dracunculus worm emerges through the skin of its human host one to two years after infection. Often, persons with emergent worms enter sources of drinking water and unwittingly allow the worm to release larvae into the water. These larvae are ingested by microscopic fresh-water copepods ("water fleas", especially of the genus Cyclops). Inside the copepods, the larvae develop into the infective stage in 10–14 days. In turn, humans may then become infected by drinking water containing infected copepods.
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Dracunculiasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD) or Medina Worm, ... The unusually high incidence of dracunculiasis in the city of Medina led to it ...
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Division of Parasitic Diseases - Dracunculiasis
Learn about Guinea worm disease and its public health significance. ... Dracunculiasis, or Guinea Worm Disease, is caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. ...
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Dracunculiasis: Parasitic Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
... · Babesiosis· Cryptosporidiosis·Dracunculiasis· Giardiasis· Hookworm Infection ... Dracunculiasis is infection caused by the roundworm Dracunculus medinensis. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196g.html
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Division of Parasitic Diseases - Dracunculiasis Fact Sheet
Learn about Guinea worm disease and its public health significance. ... What is dracunculiasis? How does Guinea worm disease spread? ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/dracunculiasis/facts...
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Division of Parasitic Diseases - More Information: Dracunculiasis
Learn about Guinea worm disease and its public health significance. ... Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis Eradication, June 2002 (September 13, 2002 ...
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Dracunculiasis: Parasitic Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Dracunculiasis is infection caused by the roundworm Dracunculus medinensis. ... boiling water, and drinking only chlorinated water help prevent dracunculiasis. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/print/sec17/ch196/ch196g.html
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Dracunculiasis: Overview - eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine
Overview: Dracunculiasis is an infection caused by the nematode Dracunculus medinensis, also known as the guinea fire worm. ...
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Dracunculosis - Yahoo! Health
Important It is possible that the main title of the report ... Dracunculiasis. Fiery Serpent Infection. Guinea Worm Infection. Disorder Subdivisions ...
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Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, 2002--2003
Of the remaining dracunculiasis cases, 89% were reported in Sudan (63%) and ... A case of dracunculiasis is classified as contained if three conditions are met: ...
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Dracunculiasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Center for Disease Control information on Dracunculiasis. Tropical Medicine Central Resource: "Guinea Worm Infection (Dracunculiasis) ...
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Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2005--May ...
The number of dracunculiasis cases increased from 10,674 in 2005 to 25,217 cases ... All of the remaining areas where dracunculiasis is endemic are in Africa. ...
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Index: WA: Merck Manual Home Edition
Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders. Cancer. Children's Health Issues ... dracunculiasis from. Dracunculiasis. drowning in. Near Drowning. filters for ...
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Update: Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January ...
Sporadic violence in areas with endemic dracunculiasis in Sudan and Mali is a ... Dracunculiasis can be prevented by 1) filtering drinking water through a finely ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5743a3.htm
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Director's Comments Transcript: Guinea Worm Disease 8/6/07
Greetings from the National Library of Medicine and ... is medically referred to as dracunculiasis,' which is Latin for affliction with little dragons. ...
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Toxocariasis: Parasitic Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders. Cancer. Children's Health Issues ... · Babesiosis· Cryptosporidiosis· Dracunculiasis· Giardiasis· Hookworm Infection ...
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Perspectives from the Dracunculiasis Eradication Programme
Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) is an infection in humans caused by the ... Despite the adoption of dracunculiasis eradication in 1981 as a sub-goal of the ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su48a10.htm
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Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication -- Pakistan, 1994
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) -- a disabling infection that affects ... Efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis in each of the 19 affected countries are ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwR/preview/mmwrhtml/00035864.htm
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Hookworm Infection: Parasitic Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders. Cancer. Children's Health Issues ... · Babesiosis· Cryptosporidiosis· Dracunculiasis· Giardiasis·Hookworm Infection ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196i.html
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International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication -- Worldwide, 1989
Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) is a disabling infection transmitted ... Dracunculiasis occurs in 16 African countries and in parts of India and Pakistan ...
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International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication -- Pakistan, 1990
Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) is a disabling infection that affects an ... In 1987, the Pakistan Dracunculiasis Eradication Program was established with ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001872.htm
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International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication -- Ghana and ...
Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) is a disabling infection that each year ... In 5879 villages with endemic dracunculiasis, 653,620 cases were identified for ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001960.htm
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Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication -- Mali and Niger, 1993
By 1993, the incidence of dracunculiasis in Boubon had declined to 108 cases. ... Nearly two thirds of persons with dracunculiasis (21,057) resided in Zinder, one ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00023756.htm
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Imported Dracunculiasis -- United States, 1995 and 1997
Dracunculiasis is a parasitic infection caused by a filarial worm (Dracunculus ... The risk for transmission of dracunculiasis from active cases imported to the ...
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Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis Eradication, June 2000
During 1999, dracunculiasis was endemic in 13 countries in Africa ... Dracunculiasis is a parasitic infection acquired by drinking water from ponds ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4932a2.htm
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Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis Eradication, June 2002
During 2001, dracunculiasis was endemic in 13 African countries ... Dracunculiasis in Africa: its geographical extent, incidence, and at-risk population. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5136a3.htm
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Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis
2003 report noting the decrease in reported cases of endemic dracunculiasis since 1986.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5237a1.htm
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International Notes Dracunculiasis Surveillance--India
... dracunculiasis was made through a questionnaire circulated to directors of each ... of the efficacy of anti-dracunculiasis efforts already in progress for many ...
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Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis
Dracunculiasis remains most endemic in Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan; these ... Dracunculiasis Eradication Unit, Div of Control of Tropical Diseases, World Health ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00039660.htm
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis and Dracunculiasis Eradication --- Sudan ...
Sudan began poliomyelitis and dracunculiasis eradication activities in 1994 and ... Elimination of dracunculiasis: resolution of the 39th World Health Assembly. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5014a4.htm
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Water Illnesses A to Z | CDC Healthy Swimming
Learn about CDC's recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors needed to protect you ... Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Infection) To Top. E. E. coli 0157:H7 ...
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Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Regional Workshop on Dracunculiasis in ...
The First Regional Workshop on Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) in Africa ... Although dracunculiasis is officially reportable in at least eight of the ...
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Human parasites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... disease which has been documented in early records is dracunculiasis. ... Greenaway, C. "Dracunculiasis." CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (Feb 2004) ...
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CDC Features - World Water Day 2009: Sharing Waters?Sharing Opportunities
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) eradication. Adv Parasitol. 2006;61:275-309. ... Collaborative Center for Research, Training, and Eradication of Dracunculiasis. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/WorldWaterDay/
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Index: DR: Merck Manual Home Edition
Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders. Cancer. Children's Health Issues. Digestive Disorders ... Dr. Dracunculiasis. Dracunculiasis. Drainage. of lung (postural) ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index/ind_dr.html
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CDC A-Z Index - D
Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip directly to navigation ... Dracunculiasis ? see Guinea Worm Disease. Drinking Water Quality ...
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CDC A-Z Index - G
Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip directly ... Guinea Worm Disease [Dracunculiasis] Gynecologic Cancer. Cervical Cancer. Ovarian Cancer ...
http://www.cdc.gov/az/g.html
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CDC - By Type Listing - Water-related Diseases, Contaminants, and ...
Dracunculiasis (CDC, WHO) Dracunculus medinensis (CDC, WHO) ... Guinea Worm Disease (CDC, WHO) (see also Dracunculiasis) Helminthiasis * (WHO, WHO-PPC) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/disease/type.html
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EID Volume 1, Number 2, April-June 1995
... Toward the Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease): 1994, Ernesto ... Adobe Acrobat File (591 K) ASCII File (12 K) PostScript File (1,241 K) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol1no2/downruiz.htm
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Ingestion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Dracunculiasis". Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. 2005. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Dracunculiasis.htm. Retrieved on 2007-04-17. ...
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Dracunculiasis - Guinea Worm Disease
What is dracunculiasis? Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as ... Dracunculiasis now occurs only in 5 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission of the ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/dracunculiasis/facts...
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A-Z Index of Parasitic Diseases | CDC DPD
parasitic diseases a to z listing ... Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis) Back to Top. H. Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis) ...
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CDC - Global Sanitation and Hygiene Related Diseases and Contaminants ...
Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip ... Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) (CDC, Carter Center, WHO) Escherichia coli (CDC, WHO) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/wash_diseases.html
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CDC - CDC Global Water Sanitation and Hygiene Programs and Projects ...
Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a ... Distribution by Country of 9,570 Cases of Dracunculiasis Reported During 2007. ...
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Cloth filter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Africa where guinea worm dracunculiasis infections are endemic, infection is ... Dracunculiasis eradication: and now, Sudan". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. ...
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Parasitic worm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article needs additional citations for verification. ... humans by helminth infection include ascariasis, dracunculiasis, elephantiasis, ...
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Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders. Cancer. Children's Health Issues ... Dracunculiasis. Symptoms and Diagnosis. Prevention and Treatment. Giardiasis ...
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CDC - ICEID 2002 - International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
This page will soon provide a detailed schedule of presentations and panels for the 2002 International ... DC. Eradication of Dracunculiasis ...
http://www.cdc.gov/iceid/webcast/disease_eradication.htm
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Hookworm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The hookworm is a parasitic nematode worm that lives in the small intestine of ... Dracunculus (Dracunculiasis) · Onchocercidae (Onchocerciasis, Filariasis, Loa ...
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List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1 Viral infectious diseases. 2 Parasitic infectious diseases. 3 Fungal ... Dracunculiasis ? Echinococcosis ? Enterobiasis ? Fascioliasis ? Fasciolopsiasis ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_infectious_diseases
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List of parasites (human) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guinea worm - Dracunculiasis. Dracunculus medinensis. subcutaneous tissues, muscle ... Dracunculus (Dracunculiasis) · Onchocercidae (Onchocerciasis, Filariasis, Loa ...
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