Talk:Dracunculiasis

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[edit] Plagiarism

It seems that several paragraphs of this entry were originally copied from here, starting with "People, in remote, rural communities..." This seems to have come in with the first version. I'll leave a comment on Vogon77's talk page to see if he can clear this up. --Scott.wheeler 08:11, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Responding to myself here -- on second inspection it seems that both were copied from the CDC site. Since this page seems to have been essentially copied verbatim from that sounce, I'm placing it on votes for deletion. --Scott.wheeler 08:41, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I don't believe that articles published by the CDC (being a part of the US Federal Government) can be copyrighted. So, while the information on this page isn't properly attributed, and is therefore plagiarized, I don't think it qualifies as a copyright violation. Would a message attributing this to the CDC fix this? --66.222.36.122 04:30, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

The CDC link needs to be footnoted/referenced to the copied section, not just an "External link", a non editor wiki user just questioned me on this.--J Clear 18:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Death from Failed Removal?

It seems to be a common belief that failure to properly remove a Guinea worm from a person's body (particularly tearing the worm in half by pulling at it too hard) results in the death of the infected individual. Neither of the sites linked from this article mention this. If it is true, it should be confirmed and mentioned. If it's false, it's a common enough misconception that it bears explicitly debunking somewhere in the article. --Clay Collier 12:01, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Not entirely. If the worm breaks, it causes the host great pain, anaphalaxis, and increases the likilihood of infection. -Defenestrate

[edit] Revision

I went through the article with my dad, who used to work for Carter Center and Global 2000. We made changes. I think that the article is now accurate, even if it needs a copyedit. I will try to add an illustration. -Defenestrate

[edit] Spelling

I think that the spelling is wrong - I have "Dracunciliasis". -User:PeteStils

While not definitive, GoogleFight gives 29,000 more hits for the present spelling. Eldereft 22:49, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Should this page be merged with Dracunculus. Dracunculiasis has most of the same information as Dracunculus. Sodaplayer talk contrib ^_^ 04:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Oppose. Dracunculus is about a genus while this article is about a disease. Dracunculus includes information about other species besides those which infect humans and also includes taxonomic and other information. Some overlap is appropriate but they really do focus on different subjects.
I see, should I remove the merge tag or do we want to wait for more responses. Sodaplayer talk contrib ^_^ 20:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't think there are going to be any more responses, as this is not a widely watched article. I will remove the tag. --Ginkgo100talk 02:05, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

I saw a documentary on this subject and the historic treatment for having this worm is to cut into the leg where the female worm is and then wrap a piece of the worm around a stick, wand or staff and then spin it. The purpose will drag the worm out of the body and is supposedly the origin of the symbol of Hermes staff -the symbol of medicine. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.135.0.6 (talk • contribs) 22:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC).

This hypothesis is mentioned at Rod of Asclepius although it is uncited there. I would rather not see it spread around to other articles such as this one without a citation from a reliable source. My mistake, it certainly is cited! --Ginkgo100talk 22:27, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New article

I created a new article, Eradication of infectious diseases, which could use a lot of work, if anyone is interested. There is a section on dracunculiasis. --Ginkgo100talk 17:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures?

What happened to the image of a Dracunculus being removed from someone's leg using a stick? It was quite repulsive, but I feel that it added to the article. Fuzzform (talk) 03:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)