The parasite is called the guinea worm.

这种寄生虫叫做麦地那龙线虫。

Water fleas eat the guinea worm larvae.

水蚤吃麦地那龙线虫幼虫。

The guinea worm begins life as a larva.

麦地那龙线虫最初是幼虫。

The guinea worm has caused his hand to grow larger.

麦地那龙线虫使他的手变大了。

Adam Weiss is the director of The Carter Center's guinea worm eradication program.

亚当·韦斯是卡特中心根除麦地那龙线虫病项目的负责人。

In 2022 just four countries reported new guinea worm infections in humans.

2022年，只有四个国家报告了新的人类麦地那龙线虫病感染。

When the person's body breaks down the flea, the guinea worm larvae are released.

当人的身体分解跳蚤时，麦地那龙线虫幼虫就会被释放出来。

The Carter Center also provides financial incentives for people to report any potential guinea worm infections.

卡特中心还为任何报告潜在麦地那龙线虫感染的人提供财政激励。

If the effort is successful, guinea worm would be only the second disease eradicated from the planet.

如果这一努力取得成功，麦地那龙线虫病将成为地球上第二种被根除的疾病。

Polio, river blindness, and guinea worm diseases that kill or disable tens of millions of people wouldn't even exist anymore.

脊髓灰质炎、河盲症和导致数千万人死亡或致残的麦地那龙线虫病将不复存在。

Mali, Ethiopia, Chad and parts of its border area with Cameroon are the last strongholds of guinea worm on the planet.

马里、埃塞俄比亚、乍得及其与喀麦隆的部分边境地区是地球上麦地那龙线虫病的最后据点。

One of the biggest setbacks to declaring the world free of guinea worm was its discovery in domesticated animals and wildlife.

宣布世界上没有麦地那龙线虫的最大挫折之一是在家养动物和野生动物中发现了麦地那龙线虫。

Sadi Moussa, the Carter Center Senior representative in Mali, believes the success of his organization's trachoma program could boost efforts, to combat other neglected tropical diseases like guinea worm.

卡特中心驻马里高级代表 Sadi Moussa 认为，他的组织沙眼项目的成功可能会推动其他人努力，以对抗其他被忽视的热带病，如麦地那龙线虫病。

When his organization, founded by former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalind, began spearheading the effort to rid the world of guinea worm in 1986, the parasite existed in 20 countries.

当他的组织由美国前总统吉米·卡特和他的妻子罗莎琳创立时，1986年开始带头努力根除世界上的麦地那龙线虫病，这种寄生虫存在于20个国家。

The center has monitored more than 100 elections and resolved conflicts from Panama to Uganda, and it is working to eradicate neglected tropical diseases like guinea worm, one of Jimmy Carter's personal priorities.

该中心监督了100多次选举，解决了从巴拿马到乌干达的冲突，致力于消除被忽视的热带疾病，如麦地那龙线虫，这是吉米·卡特关心的优先事项之一。

The Carter Center was already a decade into its fight against guinea worm globally, when former President Jimmy Carter and his global non-profit took on another neglected tropical disease in the African nation of Mali.

卡特中心与全球麦地那龙线虫病的斗争已经进行了十年，前总统吉米·卡特和他的全球非营利组织在非洲国家马里治疗了另一种被忽视的热带病。