guinea worm

• Паразитическая нематода (Dracunculus medinensis), вызывающая дракункулёз — заболевание, передающееся через загрязнённую питьевую воду. Червяк медленно выходит наружу через болезненные волдыри на коже.

A parasitic nematode (Dracunculus medinensis) that causes dracunculiasis, a disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water. The worm emerges slowly through painful blisters on the skin.

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   A long, thin parasitic nematode (Dracunculus medinensis) that causes dracunculiasis, a disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water.

   Паразитический червь

   • Guinea worm disease is contracted by drinking water containing copepods infected with the larvae.
   • The guinea worm emerges from the body through a painful blister, usually on the lower limbs.
   • Efforts to eradicate guinea worm have been highly successful through water filtration and education.