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Article: Parasite is target of world fight. (dracunculiasis, worm disease)
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- Science News
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- March 28, 1987
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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 disease. Also called dracunculiasis, the water-borne, crippling disease is caused by a worm that infects an estimated 10 million people ...