dracunculiasis

• Schmerzhafte und quälende parasitäre Infektion, die durch den Medinawurm (Guineawurm) verursacht wird und durch Trinken von stehendem Wasser entsteht, das dessen Larven enthält; diese reifen im menschlichen Körper heran und treten schließlich durch eine schmerzhafte Hautblase aus.

A painful and debilitating parasitic infection caused by the Guinea worm, contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with its larvae, which mature inside the human body and eventually emerge through a painful blister in the skin.

unzählbar

1. Guinea worm diseaseC2formalmedical

   A painful and debilitating parasitic infection caused by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae. The larvae mature inside the human body, and the adult worm eventually emerges through a painful blister in the skin.

   Drakunkulose

   • Dracunculiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects rural communities without access to clean water.
   • The emergence of the worm from a blister is the most painful stage of dracunculiasis.
   • Efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis have focused on providing filtered water and health education.

   Synonymeguinea worm disease