Guinea worm

1. In the1980s, coverage reached a high level and then stagnated, facing stubborn obstacles like those we see in the last stretch of polio and guinea worm eradication.
   在20世纪80年代，普及率达到很高的水平，然后停滞不前，因为面临顽固的障碍，例如我们在根除脊髓灰质炎和麦地那龙线虫病的最后阶段中所见到的障碍。
2. The C.D.C.says Guinea worm no longer strikes in Asia.
   疾病预防控制中心称在亚洲麦地那龙线虫病已经销声匿迹了。
3. Q: What is guinea worm?
   问：什么是麦地那龙线虫？
4. We have two such initiatives under way: for polio and for guinea worm disease.
   我们正在开展这样的两项行动：针对脊髓灰质炎和麦地那龙线虫病。
5. Dracunculiasis, also called guinea worm disease, will be the first disease eradicated not by a vaccine, but by health education and behaviour change;
   麦地那龙线虫病又称作几内亚线虫病，将成为首个不用疫苗，而是通过健康教育和行为改变得以消灭的疾病；
6. You will be considering reports on two of these opportunities: the eradication of polio and the eradication of guinea worm disease.
   你们将审议的报告涉及这些机会中的两个：根除脊髓灰质炎和根除麦地那龙线虫病。
7. The parasites enter the body when a person drinks water containing water fleas infected with Guinea worm larvae, the young form of the worm.
   当人们饮用了含有受几内亚幼虫，几内亚线虫的幼年期，感染的水蚤的水。这种寄生虫就会随水蚤进入人体。
8. A: Guinea worm is, in fact, a real worm.
   答：麦地那龙线虫实际上是一种真虫。
9. And it is not unusual for an infected person to have more than one Guinea worm.
   通常患者体中有不止一条几内亚蠕虫。
10. For guinea worm disease, the report gives an estimate of the funding needed to finish the job.
    关于麦地那龙线虫病，报告估计了完成任务所需的资金。

noun

1. parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates

   Synonym:    Dracunculus medinensis

2. a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin

   Synonym:    Guinea worm diseasedracunculiasis