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ICD-11 code : 1F64;

Preferred Label : Dracunculiasis;

ICD-11 definition : A disease resulting from drinking water contaminated with water fleas infected with larvae of the nematode Dracunculus medinensis. It may take up to a year from ingestion of larvae for a mature gravid female worm to migrate to the skin and discharge immature larvae on contact with water. Dracunculiasis typically manifests as an intensely pruritic papule on a lower extremity from which part of the worm may emerge. Secondary pyogenic infection is common. This may be preceded by generalized symptoms such as fever, pruritus, urticaria and oedema.;

ICD-11 synonym : Guinea worm infestation; Dracunculosis; Dracunculus medinensis infestation; dracontiasis; Medina worm infestation;

ICD-11 inclusion : Guinea worm infestation;

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A disease resulting from drinking water contaminated with water fleas infected with larvae of the nematode Dracunculus medinensis. It may take up to a year from ingestion of larvae for a mature gravid female worm to migrate to the skin and discharge immature larvae on contact with water. Dracunculiasis typically manifests as an intensely pruritic papule on a lower extremity from which part of the worm may emerge. Secondary pyogenic infection is common. This may be preceded by generalized symptoms such as fever, pruritus, urticaria and oedema.

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09/07/2025


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