Dracunculiasis

Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease , is an infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. The parasite is alternately known in English as "Guinea worm", "Medina worm", and finally "fiery serpent" which reflects the Latin root word Dracunculus meaning "little dragon". (From the Wikpedia article Dracunculiasis.)

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Recent Publications on Dracunculiasis:
Chain mail calcifications in dracunculiasis. Dracunculiasis is a parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis....	29th October, 2009	Department of Radiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen,	JBR-BTR. 2009 Jul-Aug;92(4):231.
Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2008-June 2009. Dracunculiasis is a parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis....	21st October, 2009		MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Oct 16;58(40):1123-5.
Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-July 2009. la Societe des Nations = Weekly epidemiological record / Health Section of the Secretariat of the League of Nations Dracunculiasis is a parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis....	15th October, 2009		Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2009 Sep 4;84(36):371-2.
Certification of disease eradication: lessons from dracunculiasis. Dracunculiasis is a parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis....	1st October, 2009	WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.	Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Sep 24. DOI Direct Link
[Imported dracunculiasis: four cases confirmed in the south of Algeria] The authors report for the first time, in the south of Algeria, four...	18th September, 2009	Service d'eo-epidemiologie parasitaire, Institut Pasteur d'Algerie, 2 rue	Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2009 May;102(2):119-22.
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Dracunculiasis Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7595192	Process for the production of temperature-induced tumor cell lysates for use as immunogenic compounds
7579324	Conjugates of biologically active compounds, methods for their preparation and use, formulation and pharmaceutical applications thereof
7504384	Use of lipid conjugates in the treatment of infection
6495588	Scytonemin and methods of using thereof
6274123	Use of an extract of the genus Adansonia
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