PLOS Thesaurus

Last uploaded: September 21, 2017
Preferred Name

Dracunculus medinensis
Synonyms
ID

http://localhost/plosthes.2017-1#11882

alpha

Dracunculus medinensis

broader

http://localhost/plosthes.2017-1#11881

http://localhost/plosthes.2017-1#8053

homepage

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/browse/dracunculus_medinensis

prefLabel

Dracunculus medinensis

Previous_Classification

10.280.10.40.60.30^Dracunculus medinensis|10.280.10.40.80.60.10^Dracunculus medinensis

related

http://localhost/plosthes.2017-1#8422

scopeNote

Dracunculus medinensis or Guinea worm is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as guinea worm disease.The disease is caused by the female which, at up to 800 mm (31 in) in length, is among the longest nematodes infecting humans. In contrast, the longest recorded male Guinea worm is only 40 mm (1.6 in). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculus_medinensis RD

status

Accepted

Synonym

http://localhost/plosthes.2017-1#T0

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