Known as Onchocerca volvulus, it can live for more than a decade ... But, more disturbingly, some of those larvae can end up wandering into the eye. This complication occurs in nearly a third ...

A parasitic worm called the Onchocerca volvulus causes onchocerciasis ... Ocular toxocariasis usually only occurs in one eye. Tiny mites, called Demodex folliculorum, live in the hair follicles ...

But, while alarming, these worms typically cause very little damage to the eye. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the nematode Onchocerca volvulus, which causes an illness known as river ...

Onchocerca volvulus. Image Credit ... After continued severe infection, eye lesions may occur, caused by the death of larvae in the eyes. The resulting small opaque spots on the cornea can ...

The source of onchocerciasis is a parasitic worm called Onchocerca volvulus ... cornea at the front of the eye. This affects vision and can lead to blindness. O. volvulus is the parasitic worm ...

A new report suggests that blackflies infected with the parasite Onchocerca volvulus may be capable of passing on a secondary pathogen that is to blame for the spread of the disease. When present ...

causing damage to the eye and subsequent blindness. At the time of Campbell’s studies on ivermectin’s use in Onchocerca volvulus, river blindness was prevalent mainly in Africa, with ...

River blindness or onchocerciasis is an eye and skin disease transmitted ... Moxidectin will not kill adult Onchocerca volvulus worms; therefore the patient should be advised to go for a follow ...

Ongoing elimination efforts have altered the global distribution of Onchocerca volvulus, the agent of river blindness, and further population restructuring is expected as efforts continue.

making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Eliminating a disease is a ...