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On the structure and reproduction of Filaria medinensis L.

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Izvest. imp. Obsh. Liub. Estes. (Mosk.), 8, 71-82. 1869 CE–1870 CE.

Fedchenko, a Russian naturalist and explorer of central Asia, elucidated the life cycle of Dracunculus medinensis, the parasite of dracunculiasis. He discovered its means of transmission via copepod intermediate hosts. English translation in Amer. J. Med., 1971, 20, 511-23, and in Kean (No. 2268.1) pp. 426-34.

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