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Dracunculiasis
[Dracunculus medinensis]

Dracunculiasis 1 Dracunculiasis 2
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A and B: The female guinea worm induces a painful blister (A); after rupture of the blister, the worm emerges as a whitish filament (B) in the center of a painful ulcer which is often secondarily infected.  (Images contributed by Global 2000/The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia).

 

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