Parasite is target of world fight.Parasite is target of world fight On March 17, the U.S. House Select Committee on Hungerheard testimony from health experts regarding the U.S. role in the World Health Organization's worldwide campaign to eradicate Guinea worm guinea worm or medina worm or dragon worm Nematode (Dracunculus medinensis) that is a common parasite of humans and other mammals in tropical Asia and Africa and has been introduced into the West Indies and tropical South America. disease. Also called dracunculiasis, the water-borne, crippling crip·ple n. 1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple. 2. A damaged or defective object or device. tr.v. disease is caused by a worm that infects an estimated 10 million people annually, mostly in rural areas of Africa, India and Pakistan. Because the worm's larvae Larvae, in Roman religion Larvae: see lemures. can easily be removed from water with chemicals or filtering, the committee will recommend that U.S. foreign aid for water projects in those endemic areas Endemic area A geographical region where a particular disease is prevalent. Mentioned in: Leprosy, Scrub Typhus concentrate on eliminating the larvae, says a committee spokeswoman. |
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