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Descriptor English:   Dracunculiasis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Dracunculiasis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Dracunculíase 
Synonyms English:   Dracunculosis
Guinea Worm Infection  
Tree Number:   C03.335.508.700.750.299
SP4.001.012.118.089
Definition English:   Infection with nematodes of the genus Dracunculus. One or more worms may be seen at a time, with the legs and feet being the most commonly infected areas. Symptoms include pruritus, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or asthmatic attacks. 
Indexing Annotation English:   nematode infect
History Note English:   93; was DRACUNCULOSIS 1963-92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy transmission
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   30932 
Unique Identifier:   D004320 

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