guinea-worm
Water flea parasite
A guinea-worm is a parasitic roundworm that infests humans through contaminated drinking water.
The larvae mature inside the body, and adult females—which can grow to a meter long—emerge slowly through painful blisters in the skin, traditionally extracted by winding the worm around a stick over days or weeks.
Guinea-worm disease has been nearly eradicated through clean water initiatives.
Threadlike parasitic worm
- helminthParasitic worm organism
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- copepodMinute planktonic crustacean
- cyclopsSingle-eyed mythical titan
vector · endoparasite · lifecycle · maturation · migration · subcutaneous · threadlike · emergence
Carried by liquid flow
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- endemicNative to one area
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
- painfulCausing hurt or ache
transmission · contaminated · tropical · neglected · morbidity · incubation · outbreak · diagnosis
Sustained experience of distress
- painBodily or emotional distress
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- ulcerationFormation of open sores
- blisterFluid-filled skin swelling
swelling · burning · lesion · disability · limping · tenderness · soreness · irritation
UN health authority
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
certification · last-mile · volunteer · reporting · abate
nematode
Threadlike parasitic worm
- helminthParasitic worm organism
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- copepodMinute planktonic crustacean
cyclops · vector · endoparasite · lifecycle · maturation · migration · subcutaneous · threadlike · emergence · reproduction
waterborne
Carried by liquid flow
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- endemicNative to one area
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
painful · transmission · contaminated · tropical · neglected · morbidity · incubation · outbreak · diagnosis · symptoms
suffering
Sustained experience of distress
- painBodily or emotional distress
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- ulcerationFormation of open sores
blister · swelling · burning · lesion · disability · limping · tenderness · soreness · irritation · incapacitation
WHO
UN health authority
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
intervention · certification · last-mile · volunteer · reporting · abate
winding
Curving repeatedly, sinuous
- stickThin piece of wood
- matchstickFriction-lit fire starter
- slowLacking in speed
traditional · gradual · careful · painful · weeks · wrapping · emerging · breaking · ancient · manual
guinea-wormtapeworm
Segmented intestinal parasite
roundworm · hookworm · pinworm · whipworm · intestinal parasite
guinea-wormmalaria
Mosquito-borne parasitic infection
tuberculosis · HIV/AIDS · dengue · cholera · endemic disease