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Dj Quiva

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Date: Dec 9, 2008

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What's this? Good news? Yes. It turns out that thanks to a variety of eradication efforts, time, materials, and education, Guinea worm infections are at an all-time low (assuming President Carter can be believed...) This parasitic worm is being drawn out of a child's foot by a clinic worker in Savelugu, Ghana. Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis) infections are nasty deals, caused by imbibing small water fleas that are in turn infected with worm larvae. When the flea-born larvae enter the human body, they grow, sometimes to a length of three feet. When they finally emerge into the big, blue world, it is through a festering blister on the person's skin. Thanks to all those workers who have fought this parasite. I'm sure a purist out there will say that the Guinea worm plays a vital part in some section of the African ecology, but that's little consolation to children such as this one. The world can do with one less parasitic worm. Source Photo source: AP Photo/Olivier Asselin via Yahoo! -- Edited by Jollyjo at 20:26, 2008-12-10 __________________

Shem

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Date: Dec 10, 2008

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cool __________________ myspace.com/JamaicanShem youtube.com/JamaicanShem imeem.com/JamaicanShem Shampoo

Dj Quiva

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Date: Dec 10, 2008

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Shem wrote: cool How is that in any way cool? __________________

Jollyjo

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Date: Dec 10, 2008

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Ooch...certainly not for the feint of heart. __________________

Shem

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Date: Dec 13, 2008

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Dj_Rubbut wrote: Shem wrote: cool How is that in any way cool? cuz its not me dat itz comin from __________________ myspace.com/JamaicanShem youtube.com/JamaicanShem imeem.com/JamaicanShem Shampoo

Ranade

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Date: Mar 16, 2009

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thats not eww -_- its ok, poor child though glads its not me :P __________________

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