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Guinea worm, river blindness and elephantiasis are among the world's neglected tropical diseases. A battle is on to wipe them ou

One infection known as dracunculiasis can cause people to suffer a burning blister that bursts as a parasite called the Guinea worm breaks through the skin. Another one, elephantiasis, causes grotesque swelling in limbs. Yet another, known as river blindness, occurs when the larvae of parasitic...

 

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