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Clinical Overview of Onchocerciasis | Filarial Worms | CDC Onchocerciasis is caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus and spreads through repeated bites by blackflies of the genus Simulium When a blackfly bites a person with onchocerciasis, the blackfly consumes microscopic immature worms, or microfilariae, from the infected person's skin
Onchocerciasis - World Health Organization (WHO) Onchocerciasis, commonly known as “river blindness”, is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus The parasite is spread and transmitted to humans by the repeated bites of infected blackflies that breed in rapidly flowing rivers
Onchocerciasis - Wikipedia Onchocerciasis is a parasitic infection caused by the roundworm species Onchocerca volvulus The larvae of O volvulus enter a human host when an infected female adult fly from the genus Simulium bites them
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness): Symptoms, Types Treatment Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm The parasite spreads through infected flies that breed near rivers and streams in remote areas of Africa and South America
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness): Symptoms, Causes, and More What is onchocerciasis? Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease that affects the skin and eyes It’s caused by the worm Onchocerca volvulus Onchocerca volvulus is a
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) - DermNet Onchocerciasis is a chronic and progressive skin, eye, and neurological disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a filarial nematode (worm) The eye disease is often called river blindness
CDC - DPDx - Onchocerciasis Onchocerciasis can cause pruritus, dermatitis, onchocercomata (subcutaneous nodules), and lymphadenopathies The most serious manifestation consists of ocular lesions that can progress to blindness
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) - Infectious Diseases - MSD Manual . . . Onchocerciasis is a filarial nematode (worm) infection with Onchocerca volvulus Blackflies are responsible for transmission Symptoms are subcutaneous nodules, pruritus, dermatitis, adenopathy, atrophy and scarring of skin, and eye lesions that may lead to blindness
Onchocerciasis | About the Disease | GARD As the common name suggests, infection of the eye by Onchocerciasis can lead to vision loss and eventually blindness The disease is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus and is transmitted by the bite of an infected black fly