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Abstract
Filarial infection of the eyes transmitted from person to person by bites of Onchocerca volvulus-infected black flies. The microfilariae of Onchocerca are thus deposited beneath the skin. They migrate through various tissues including the eye. Those persons infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind. The incidence of eye lesions has been reported to be as high as 30% in Central America and parts of Africa.
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- Onchocerciasis, Ocular
- River Blindness
- Blindness, River
- Ocular Onchocerciases
- Onchocerciases, Ocular
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
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- Eye Diseases or specifics (1966-1989)
- Microfilaria (1967-1989)
- Onchocerca (1966-1989)
- Onchocerciasis (1966-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ocular Onchocerciasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015827. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015827
- Ocular Onchocerciasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18966873