Onchocerciasis
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onchocerciasis-180-6841092
title:
Onchocerciasis
text:
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness. It is the second-most common cause of blindness due to infection, after trachoma. The parasitic worm is spread by the bites of a black fly of the Simulium type. Usually, many bites are required before infection occurs. These flies live near rivers, hence the common name of the disease. Once inside a pers
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encyclopedia
description:
Human helminthiasis (infection by parasite)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchocerciasis
date created:
2003-07-25T01:46:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T09:45:53Z
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