what is onchocerciasis?

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what is onchocerciasis?

2007-02-24 16:12:16 · 3 answers · asked by picpac 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchocerciasis

2007-02-24 16:27:44 · answer #1 · answered by cartiphilus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

What Is Onchocerciasis

2016-10-19 08:32:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Onchocerciasis is the world’s second leading infectious cause of blindness. Rarely life-threatening, the disease causes chronic suffering and severe disability. In Africa, it constitutes a serious obstacle to socioeconomic development. It is often called river blindness because of its most extreme manifestation and because the blackflies that transmit the disease abound in riverside areas, where they breed in fast-flowing waters. Fertile riverine areas are frequently abandoned for fear of the disease.

2007-02-24 16:15:41 · answer #3 · answered by Carina M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋