Dracunculus medinensis: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''''Dracunculus medinensis''''' atau '''cacing Guinea''' adalah [[nematoda]] yang menyebabkan [[dracunculiasis]].<ref name="pmid18258273">{{cite journal |author1=Stefanie Knopp |author2=Ignace K. Amegbo |author3=David M. Hamm |author4=Hartwig Schulz-Key |author5=Meba Banla |author6=Peter T. Soboslay |title=Antibody and cytokine responses in ''Dracunculus medinensis'' patients at distinct states of infection |journal=[[Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]] |volume=102 |issue=3 |pages=277–283 |date=March 2008 |pmid=18258273 |doi=10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.12.003 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0035-9203(07)00408-7}}</ref> Penyakit ini disebabkan oleh cacing betina;<ref>{{cite journal |author=Langbong Bimi |year=2007 |title=Potential vector species of Guinea worm (''Dracunculus medinensis'') in Northern Ghana |journal=[[Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases]] |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=324–329 |doi=10.1089/vbz.2006.0622 |pmid=17767406}}</ref> dengan panjang yang bisa mencapai 800 mm,<ref name="Schmidt">{{cite book |author1=G. D. Schmidt |author2=L S. Roberts |editor1=Larry S. Roberts |editor2=John Janovy, Jr. |year=2009 |title=Foundations of Parasitology |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsparas00robe |edition=8th |publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]] |pages=480–484[https://archive.org/details/foundationsparas00robe/page/n498 480]–484 |isbn=978-0-07-128458-5}}</ref> cacing ini merupakan salah satu nematoda terpanjang yang dapat menginfeksi manusia.<ref name="Saleem">{{cite journal |author1=Talha Bin Saleem |author2=Irfan Ahmed |year=2006 |title="Serpent" in the breast |journal=Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=67–68 |url=http://www.ayubmed.edu.pk/JAMC/PAST/18-4/014%20Tallah%20bin%20Saleem%20(CR).pdf |pmid=17591014}}</ref> Di sisi lain, cacing Guinea jantan terpanjang yang pernah ada hanya berukuran 40 mm.<ref name="Schmidt"/>