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Description Dracunculosis/Guinea Worm Disease. A method used to extract a Guinea worm from the leg vein of a human patient.
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Dracunculosis/Guinea Worm Disease. A method used to extract a Guinea worm (the white string) from the leg vein of a human patient.

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