print email comment close The Carter Center: Guinea Worm Eradication Program URL: http://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html Description: Details about this program that hopes to eradicate Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis), a parasitic disease "contracted when stagnant water, contaminated with microscopic water fleas carrying infective larvae, is consumed." Features a program overview, reported cases by country (all in Africa), articles on the disease, and links to related websites. From the Carter Center, an organization (founded by former president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn) "committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering." Publisher: The Carter Center Extra Keywords fiery serpent Emory University nematode Library of Congress Subject Headings: Dracunculiasis Guinea worm Medical assistance -- Africa Parasitic diseases -- Africa LII Database Information: Record 21037 created by Jennifer English on 03/27/2006 Last modification on 11/10/2006 Published: 03/30/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21037