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Now, amazingly, humanity is tantalizingly close to eradicating the second ever human disease from the planet, and you might not have even heard of it: Guinea worm disease. Although it’s rarely lethal, which could be why it has not received the attention that it deserves, Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, is utterly horrific and can be permanently debilitating. Humans pick up the infection when they drink water contaminated with larvae of the parasitic nematode worm Dracunculus medinensis, or the “Guinea worm.” The larva then bores through the intestinal wall and grows inside the body for around a year, reaching lengths of up to 80 centimeters. iflscience/health-and-medicine/were-close-achieving-second-ever-global-eradication-human-disease#
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:00:01 +0000

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