By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews
A suspected case of Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, is being investigated in Agorkpoe Eloekope Community, North Tongu District, Volta Region in Ghana.
The patient is a 54-year-old man who noticed a blister on his right foot which burst on May 1 with a whitish worm emerging from the resultant wound.
A sample of the worm will be taken and shipped to WHO/CDC Collaborative laboratory in Atlanta for
laboratory investigation.
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The area has not seen a suspected case of the parasitic infection in two decades.
According to the Carter Center, four provisional Guinea worm disease cases have been reported during the first four months of 2021–3 in Chad and one in Ethiopia.
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Guinea worm disease: 53 cases reported in 2019, Vast majority in Chad
