Dracunculus insignis

Cleveland, Christopher A., Garrett, Kayla B., Cozad, Rebecca A., Williams, Brianna M., Murray, Maureen H. & Yabsley, Michael J., 2018, The wild world of Guinea Worms: A review of the genus Dracunculus in wildlife, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 7 (3), pp. 289-300 : 295

4.1.1. Intermediate hosts for Dracunculus insignis

To date, there have been no reports of wild D. insignis -infected copepods; however, the intermediate host range appears to be large as both Acanthocyclops vernali and Cyclops bicuspidatus from North America as well as Cryptocyclops linjanticus and Mesocyclops aequatorialis similis from Cameroon, Africa were experimentally susceptible (Sullivan et al., 1991). Susceptibility can vary as Mesocyclops leuckarti leuckarti from Pakistan and Thermocyclops emini from Cameroon were partially refractory to infection (Sullivan et al., 1991). Dracunculus insignis larvae develop to L 3 in 21–25 days at 24 ̊C ( Crichton and Beverley-Burton, 1975). As noted earlier, development is regulated by water temperature and infected copepods kept at 8 ̊C and 15 ̊C showed no development 60 days post infection (DPI) ( Crichton and Beverley-Burton, 1975).