Description of the disease * EnglishPolish Pobierz sekcję do PDF Definition Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) characterized by a painful burning skin lesion from which the <i>Dracunculus medinensis</i> parasite emerges approximately 1 year after infection resulting from consumption of unsafe drinking water containing parasite-infected copepods (<i>Cyclops spp.</i>, microcrustacea also called water fleas). Disease data Classification Disease Synonyms Dracunculosis Guinea worm disease Medina worm disease Medinensis Dracunculosis Guinea worm disease Medina worm disease Medinensis ORPHA code 231 OMIM code - ICD10 code B72 ICD11 code 1F64 *Soruce Extended description of the disease Pobierz sekcję do PDF No additional description. Orphanet - interntowa baza danych dotyczących rzadkich chorób i sierochych leków. ©INSERM 1999 - Dostępna na stronie www.orphanet.pl