DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim NCIthesaurus dracunculiasis Dracontiasis ICD9CM:125.7 UMLS_CUI:C0013100 GARD:6286 disease_ontology MESH:D004320 ICD10CM:B72 NCI:C84677 A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection by the larvae of the nematode Dracunculus medinensis, which are transmitted to humans by drinking water containing copepods infected with the larvae. The female, which contains larvae, burrows into the deeper connective tissues or adjacent to long bones or joints of the extremities. The worm emerges as a whitish filament in the center of a painful ulcer, accompanied by inflammation and frequently by secondary bacterial infection. DOID:14418 Infection by Dracunculus medinensis SNOMEDCT_US_2025_09_01:48874008 parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease