DRACUNCULIASIS (GUINEA WORM DISEASE) IS A PARASITIC disease that is limited to remote, rural villages in 13 sub-Saharan African countries that do not have access to safe drinking water. It is one the ...

Dracunculiasis, also referred to as Guinea worm disease, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by the Dracunculus medinensis roundworm.

The Carter Center said Wednesday there were just 14 cases in 2021, down from 3.5 million in 1986 when the eradication campaign began.

Guinea worm may be close to joining that list, experts say. ... Guinea worm disease is also known as dracunculiasis, which is Latin for “affliction with little dragons.” ...

Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease is, by all accounts, pretty awful: A person with the disease hosts a parasitic worm that forms a painful blister under the skin that eventually bursts, ...

A Disease on the Decline. Thanks in large part to the work of the Carter Center, the incidence of Guinea worm disease (also known as dracunculiasis, which is Latin for “affliction with little ...

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is a parasitic infection transmitted by the ingestion of larvae in contaminated water. Dog feces are common vectors for infection.

Guinea worm disease Cases of this parasitic infection caused by drinking water with fleas contaminated by Guinea worm larvae plummeted from 1,060 in 2011 to 26 reported cases so far this year.

Former President Jimmy Carter has worked to help eradicate guinea worm disease, also known as dracunculiasis, since the '80s. "President Carter never stopped changing lives for the better." ...

The World Health Organization planned to eradicate dracunculiasis, or guinea worm disease, by 2030. But complicating matters is a new study revealing a novel zoonotic pathway of transmission.

The Latin name of Guinea worm disease — Dracunculiasis — means “affliction with little dragons.” ... But there was a problem: Guinea worm disease did not exist in the United States.

The Carter Center said Wednesday there were just 14 cases in 2021, down from 3.5 million in 1986 when the eradication campaign began.