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Dracunculiasis papule
Dracunculiasis papule
The female guinea worm induces a painful blister (A); after rupture of the blister, the worm emerges as a whitish filament (B) in the center of a painful ulcer, which is often secondarily infected.
Reproduced from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. DPDx: Dracunculiasis. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/dracunculiasis/index.html
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