dracunculiasis
infection by Dracunculus medinensis
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Summary
dracunculiasis is an infectious disease[1]. dracunculiasis draws 3,619 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #64 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Location: human leg[4]
- Subclass of: nematode infection[5], parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease[6], filariasis[7], neglected tropical disease[8], disease[9]
- Commons category: Dracunculus medinensis[10]
- Symptoms and signs: myalgia[11], fever[12], nausea[13], vomiting[14], itch[15], urticarial allergic eruption[16]
- Has cause: Dracunculus medinensis[17]
- Disease transmission process: water pollution[18]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20]
- ICD-9-CM: 125.7[21]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84677[22]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[23], helminthology[24], tropical medicine[25]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: thiabendazole[26]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14418[27], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:14418[28], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_231[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[30]
Why It Matters
dracunculiasis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] dracunculiasis is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]