The man was plagued by an unknown species related to the Guinea worm, one that may have recently jumped from reptiles to humans. Reading time 3 minutes The mystery over a worm infestation found in a ...

Guinea worm disease, caused by the parasitic nematode Dracunculus medinensis, has been the focus of an ambitious global eradication programme since the 1980s. Transmission typically occurs through the ...

According to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dracunculiasis, also referred to as Guinea worm disease, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by the Dracunculus medinensis ...

Worldwide Dracunculus medinensis incidence hit an all-time low of fewer than 3,200 cases in 2009, and just 766 cases were reported from January to June 2010, according to a CDC report published this ...