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. Loa loa is a parasitic worm from West and Central Africa.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...