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Onchocerciasis

Onchocerciasis or river blindness is the world's second leading infectious cause of blindness. It is caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm that can live for up to fourteen years in the human body.

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  • http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact095.html

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Infectious disease | Infectious diseases | List of infectious diseases | List of rare diseases/O | List of rare diseases starting with O | Pathogenic disease

 

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