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Clinical Features-Dracunculus mediensis
  • "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

 
A 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)."

  • 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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