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🪱Dracunculus medinensis

Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

麦地那龙线虫(學名:Dracunculus medinensis),又稱幾內亞龍線蟲,是一種可寄生於人體內的寄生蟲,屬於線蟲的龍線蟲屬,可引起麥地那龍線蟲病,病徵有疼痛、腫脹、甚或可導致喪失勞動能力。這種病是由本物種的雌性生物引起,是同屬生物中可感染人類的最長物種。相比起來,本物種的雄性同類的體形細小得多。根據2009年的紀錄,本物種的雌性生物的最長紀錄是800 mm(31英寸),而其雄性紀錄則只有40 mm(1.6英寸)。 雖然這種生物在地球上存活了可能接近一百萬年,但要直到1980年代,因應卡特中心的興建,對於因為這種線蟲所引起病變的防治才開始。透過教育,居民知道這種病乃透過飲用含有蟲卵的不潔食水而引起。一旦染病,病者需要隔離,並為他們提供支援。而透過為居民建造輸水管道來提供潔淨食水,加上教育配合,可有效減低病發率。

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Medinawurm (de), Filaire de Médine (fr), Guineaworm (nl), 메디나충 (ko), Dracunculus medinensis (pt), תולעת גינאה (he) … and 20 more languages
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