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quite an honor, I would think...:lol:
http://www.nematomorpha.net/Paragordius_obamai.html
A parasitic worm from Kenya...
The discovery of a new hairworm species--Paragordius obamai
Several years ago, Dr. Ben Hanelt, from the University of New Mexico, was working as a post-doctoral fellow on a human health project in the city of Kisumu, which is located in western Kenya along the edges of Lake Victoria. The project involved the collection of snails that serve as intermediate hosts for the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
Hanelt had previously worked on another group of non-human parasites known as hairworms. Hairworms use insects such as crickets as hosts and can also use snails as intermediate hosts. Within the snail hosts, hairworms do not mature, but hairworm larvae simply go into a resting stage called a cyst. On a hunch, and after a long day collecting snails in the streams surrounding Lake Victoria (Figure 1), Hanelt decided to dissect a snail for hairworms from Kasabong stream.
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Since the initial discovery of the new hairworm species, this remote part of Kenya has gained international attention. Just 19 kilometers (11 miles) to the northwest of Kasabong stream sits the town of Kogelo, where President Barack H. Obama’s father was born and paternal step-grandmother resides. The town contains the Senator Barack Obama Primary and Secondary Schools (Figure 4). Hanelt, Bolek, and Schmidt-Rhaesa decided to name this new and unique species in honor of the 44th president of the United States—Paragordius obamai.
http://www.nematomorpha.net/Paragordius_obamai.html
A parasitic worm from Kenya...