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    Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm, dragon worm, fiery serpent) is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as guinea worm disease. The disease...
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    exception is D. medinensis, also known as Guinea Worm Disease, as it is by far the most studied Dracunculus as it infects humans. D. medinensis was historically...
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    Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. A person becomes infected by drinking water contaminated with Guinea-worm...
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    to the increased use of other compound classes. In the case of Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), metronidazole just eases worm extraction rather than...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    the principal host for Guinea worm, and there is no evidence that Dracunculus medinensis has ever been reintroduced to humans in any formerly endemic country...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    hominis oris, and initially considered the worm was a guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis), but because of the unique location of the worm (buccal cavity)...
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    Necator) and Strongyloides can penetrate the skin directly. The roundworm, Dracunculus has a complex mode of transmission: it is acquired from drinking infested...
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  • Procaine penicillin G Yes Diphyllobothrium Diphyllobothriasis No Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Burning pain, blister from which worm emerges Undergoing...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Press, 2016 (first edition in 2013), pages 147-163 (chapter 7 on Dracunculus medinensis), ISBN 9780231161954. Hart, Gerald D (1972-12-09). "The earliest...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    the Cyclops genus are the intermediate host of the Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis), the nematode that causes dracunculiasis disease in humans. This...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Spirurida...
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  • contaminated with feces from pythons Guinea worm – Dracunculiasis Dracunculus medinensis subcutaneous tissues, muscle skin blister/ulcer South Sudan (eradication...
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