Sentences with phrase «by guinea worm»

There once were 20 African and Asian countries afflicted by the Guinea worm.

Only humans are infected by guinea worm, and the larvae die within months if no one swallows the water fleas carrying them.

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Then, in 1986, the World Health Organization declared guinea worm eradication an official goal and The Carter Center, set up by former US president Jimmy Carter, took up the challenge.

Guinea worm disease is an obvious target for eradication and the only one besides polio now backed by the WHO.

Ringworm is actually a fungus, not a worm, and is transmitted by touching the fur or skin of an infected animal, especially cats, though ringworm can also infect dogs, horse, ferrets, rabbits and guinea pigs.

The year 2012 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, including the first orbital rendezvous by a commercial spacecraft, the discovery of a particle highly similar to the long - sought Higgs boson, and the near - eradication of guinea worm disease.