Also known as onchocerciasis, river blindness affects more than 17 million people worldwide, particularly in rural Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [GEN News Highlights] Reference

Also called onchocerciasis, river blindness is caused by a parasitic worm whose larvae are transmitted by the bite of the black fly, which breeds by fast-flowing streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [News24 Top Stories] Reference

A. 15 A victim of river blindness (onchocerciasis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Slide A. 15 A victim of river blindness (onchocerciasis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

A. 14 Distribution of onchocerciasis in the Americas (WHO map 94911).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

OCP was the first major programme developed to control onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 2] Reference

Slide A. 14 Distribution of onchocerciasis in the Americas (WHO map 94911).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

How does the relatively high incidence of onchocerciasis impact on travellers to Angola?.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The socioeconomic impact of onchocerciasis has been devastating for the endemic countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

A. 16 Aerial view of an abandoned village in an area affected by onchocerciasis in West Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Out of some 120 million people world-wide who are at risk of onchocerciasis, 96% are in Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 2] Reference

Ivermectin is much better tolerated than diethylcarbamazine in the treatment of onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Slide A. 16 Aerial view of an abandoned village in an area affected by onchocerciasis in West Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Ivermectin is given free of charge by the manufacturer as part of the campaign against onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

River blindness (onchocerciasis) is a very common cause of blindness in parts of Africa and Latin America.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

Some 1.5 million people who were once infected with onchocerciasis no longer have any trace of the disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 2] Reference

A. 13 Distribution of onchocerciasis in Africa, with an indication of the area covered by OCP (WHO map 94910).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Two of the diseases, onchocerciasis, known as river blindness, and trachoma, a bacterial eye infection, cause blindness.    From Wordnik.com.  [1 Billion Suffer From Hidden Tropical Diseases, Says WHO] Reference

More than 60 percent of people living in Angola's 305 rural villages across eight provinces suffer from onchocerciasis, or.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is spread by the bites of black flies, which carry the parasite from person to person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rene Le Berre, who led successful fight against river blindness, dies] Reference

OCP’s principal method for controlling onchocerciasis has been to break the cycle of transmission by eliminating the black fly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 2] Reference

Inc., pledged to provide at no cost all the drug necessary for as long as necessary to overcome onchocerciasis as a public health problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 2] Reference

A study by the UN's health body has shown that the disease onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rocket News] Reference

And Above, a man in Ethiopia blinded by onchocerciasis (river blindness).    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

A related worm, Onchocerca volvulus, causes onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness.    From Wordnik.com.  [WUSTL Record: University News] Reference

HKI programs combat refractive error, cataract, trachoma, onchocerciasis (river blindness) and malnutrition.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

There are many others (Lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, roundworm) often overlapping in the same individuals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dissident Voice] Reference

No new cases of complete blindness from onchocerciasis have been recorded in the region in the last decade, he noted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medindia Health News] Reference

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately half a million people worldwide have been blinded by onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medindia Health News] Reference

A. 14 Distribution of onchocerciasis in the Americas (WHO map.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Slide A. 13 Distribution of onchocerciasis in Africa, with an indication of the area covered by OCP (WHO map.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

"Apoc's primary objective is to treat onchocerciasis patients with ivermectin, a drug that kills the pre-larval stage of.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

It was pretty freaky. "onchocerciasis, loaiasis doesn't damage vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference

WHO expert committee onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

( 'elephantitis'), bilharzia and onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

(loiasis and onchocerciasis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Natural skin care onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [humor « WordPress.com Tag Feed] Reference