Dracunculiasis papule

The female guinea worm induces a painful blister (A); after rupture of the blister, the worm emerges as a whitish filament (B) in the center of a painful ulcer, which is often secondarily infected.

Reproduced from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. DPDx: Dracunculiasis. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/dracunculiasis/index.html.

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