Onchocerciasis is a disease caused by infection with the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, a type of parasitic worm. It is also called “river blindness” because the vector that carries and spreads the parasitic worm is a blackfly that breeds near fast-flowing streams or rivers, and because the disease causes blindness and other symptoms. In fact, […]
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