| Date | 1870 |
| Author | Fedchenko |
| Contribution | Reported the transmission of a nematode parasite (Dracunculus) by ingestion of an infected crustacean (Cyclops). |
| Reference | Grove |
| Notes | Prompted by observations of Leuckart in 1858. This must be one of the first, perhaps the very first, discovery of a human pathogen transmitted by an invertebrate intermediate host. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | Helminths |
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