Dracunculus

Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a preventable infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis.

Dracunculiasis 2008

Copepods are the intermediate hosts of other parasites, such as the nematode Dracunculus medinensis and the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum which can be passed on to humans.

Crustacea 2008

Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) is caused by the nematode (roundworm) Dracunculus medinensis.

Dracunculiasis 2008

The progress made in eradicating Dracunculus medinensis, Guinea worm, lies in the strong interlinkages approach taken between different sectors, such as health, education and water management, and across countries, as shown in Box 2.

Interlinkages~ environment and policy web in Africa 2007

Dracunculus medineses is a simple creature in terms of biological complexity with a less than primitive brain.

Bye bye Guinea worm | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

The most vile yet amazing of these creatures was to me Dracunculus medinensis, the Guinea worm.

Bye bye Guinea worm | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

He said that the Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis,) is the parasitic nematode worm responsible for the preventable infection known as Dracunculiasis.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

Dracunculiasis is caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, commonly known as the guinea worm, which is the largest of the tissue parasites affecting humans.

Chapter 2 1998

Dracunculiasis or Guinea worm infection is a vector-borne disease transmitted by water fleas, aquatic copepods, which serve as intermediate hosts in the life cycle of the parasite Dracunculus medinensis.

Chapter 8 1996

It is _Dracunculus vulgaris_, and derives its name from its stem, which is spotted like a snake.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various