It was long believed that the Dracunculus medinensis parasite, which causes guinea worm disease in humans, has a fairly simple life cycle: A person drinks water contaminated with copepods, or water ...
These strange worms are a type of polychaete worm that belong to the family Nereididae commonly known as clam worms. Polycheate worms are set apart from other marine worms by bristles (known as cheate ...
One boy demonstrates how to use a pipe filter for drinking water to avoid getting guinea worm disease in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. Photo courtesy: The Carter Center. ADDIS ABABA, April 29 (Thomson ...