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Guinea worm
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Parasitic, microscopic nematode worm found in India and Africa, affecting some 650,000 people in Nigeria alone. It enters the body via drinking water and migrates to break out through the skin. (Species Dracunculus medinensis.)
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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.
Parasite is target of world fight by Science News
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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