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4714
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Cyclops kolensis
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Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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Members of this genus are an intermediate host for Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) which affects humans who drink water contaminated with infected water fleas. In dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease, female worms are liberated from the water fleas after digestion, and subsequently move through the person’s subcutaneous tissue, causing intense pain
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37016
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6957
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Cyclops kolensis
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Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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Cyclops species are an intermediate host for Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm). In dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), female worms move through the person’s subcutaneous tissue, causing intense pain, and eventually emerge through the skin, usually at the feet, producing oedema, a blister and eventually an ulcer, accompanied by fever, nausea, and vomiting.
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37016
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