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    Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm, dragon worm, fiery serpent) is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as guinea worm disease. The disease...
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    Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. A person becomes infected by drinking water contaminated with Guinea-worm...
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    exception is D. medinensis, also known as Guinea Worm Disease, as it is by far the most studied Dracunculus as it infects humans. D. medinensis was historically...
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    Yabsley MJ, Ouakou PT, Ruiz-Tiben E (10 May 2005). "Differentiating Dracunculus medinensis from D. insignis, by the sequence analysis of the 18S rRNA gene"...
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    caused by filarial worms Dracunculiasis caused by the roundworm Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) "CDC - Parasites - About Parasites". www.cdc.gov....
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    to the increased use of other compound classes. In the case of Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), metronidazole merely facilitates worm extraction...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Carl Linnaeus described nematodes of a few genera including Ascaris and Dracunculus, then included in the Vermes. The name of the group Nematoda, informally...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    the desert black snake or black desert cobra, and the nematode Dracunculus medinensis. Chalkydri Dragon Feathered Serpent John 3 Seraph Serpents in the...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Necator) and Strongyloides can penetrate the skin directly. The roundworm, Dracunculus has a complex mode of transmission: it is acquired from drinking infested...
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    hominis oris, and initially considered the worm was a guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis), but because of the unique location of the worm (buccal cavity)...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Press, 2016 (first edition in 2013), pages 147-163 (chapter 7 on Dracunculus medinensis), ISBN 9780231161954. Hart, Gerald D (1972-12-09). "The earliest...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Onchocerca volvulus, Necator americanus, Wuchereria bancrofti and Dracunculus medinensis are human parasites. Some of important plant-parasitic nematodes...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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  • Procaine penicillin G Yes Diphyllobothrium Diphyllobothriasis No Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis No Eastern equine encephalitis virus Eastern equine...
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    the Cyclops genus are the intermediate host of the Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis), the nematode that causes dracunculiasis disease in humans. This...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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    Camallanida Dracunculus medinensis Dracunculiasis Eradication Spirurida...
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