 "The clinical manifestations are
localized but very incapacitating.  The worm emerges as a
whitish filament (duration of emergence: 1 to 3
weeks) in the center of a painful ulcer,
accompanied by inflammation and frequently by
secondary bacterial infection. In endemic countries, the
annual incapacitation of a substantial proportion
of the population, at a period of intense
agricultural activity, has serious economic
consequences."- courtesy of the Division of
Parasitic Diseases at the National Center for
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control
& Prevention
- http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/HTML/Dracunculiasis.htm
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