What is this organism? Cyclops, a copepod or "water flea", a small crustacean
What are the objects within it? larvae of Dracunculus medinensis. Cyclops is the intermediate host for this parasite.
List 2 parasites transmitted by this vector. Bonus - list 4!
Dracunculus medinensis
Spirometra species
Diphyllobothrium species
Gnathostoma spinigerum and G. hispidum
Great job to those who wrote in - a couple of you got all 4!
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