Guinea worm disease nears eradication but infections in animals complicates picture

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage around the world, another disease could be on its way out. Only 14 cases of infection with Guinea worm — a parasite that causes painful skin lesions — were reported in humans in 2021.

Chukwuma Muanya

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