The World s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication

July 15, 2012, 11:00 am by Scientific American: Health

A parasite that has plagued the human race since antiquity is poised to become the second human disease after smallpox to be eradicated. “We are approaching the demise of the last guinea worm who will ever live on earth,” says former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, whose Carter Center has spearheaded the eradication effort. [More]

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