Onchocerciasis (Onchocerca volvulus) - Loiasis (Loa-loa).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Microfilaria are the larvae of Onchocerca volvulus living in the bloodstream of the victims.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Onchocerciasis is caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm that lives for up to 14 years in the human body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 2] Reference

Of about 18 million people infected with the larvae of the Onchocerca volvulus worm, more than 750,000 victims had gone blind or lost some of their vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jimmy Carter] Reference

Digestive system Does gastric dilation volvulus happen in humans?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference

It fixes the stomach to the abdominal wall and to prevent volvulus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

• If gasric volvulus occurs, the operative mortality is up to 14\%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Onchocerca volvulus worms transmitted from person to person by blackflies.    From Wordnik.com.  [SciDev.Net] Reference

• However, transthoracic reduction may lead to volvulus of the gastric body.    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

Onchocerciasis is an infection caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasite nematode worm transmitted t.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

• Pulmonary complication may be seen in patients with aspiration resulting from volvulus or obstruction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Sigmoid volvulus is a bowel obstruction in which a loop of bowel has twisted on itself in an abnormal fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

• In type II hernia, if gastric volvulus or obstruction is present without toxic signs, NG decompression must be performed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Slide 10: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY • Complications are bleeding, incarceration, volvulus, obstruction, strangulation and perforation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The department said Granit died of a canine stomach condition called gastric dilation volvulus, or what's more commonly known as bloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [statesmanjournal.com - Top Stories] Reference

The drug, moxidectin, developed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, kills the larvae and adult worms of Onchocerca volvulus, which gives the disease its name.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning] Reference

In this study, the researchers compared results of RPA with or without modified blow-hole colostomy in unprepared bowel with acute sigmoid volvulus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

The drug, moxidectin, is being investigated for its potential to kill or sterilize the adult worms of Onchocerca volvulus, which cause onchocerciasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emaxhealth] Reference

As a general rule twisted guts (torsion or volvulus as it is otherwise known) are more common where there is any evidence of scour in the growing pig.    From Wordnik.com.  [ThePigSite - Global Pig Industry News Feeds] Reference

River blindness is caused by thread-like filarial nematode worms, Onchocerca volvulus, which are transmitted among humans through the bite of a black fly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

The differential diagnosis is between malignant obstructing diseases, such as colon cancer, or benign conditions, such as sigmoid volvulus or diverticulitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

The researchers conclude that the procedure, RPA with modified blow-hole colostomy in patients with sigmoid volvulus, is safe and effective in preventing anastomotic leak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

In patients with constipation associated with a sigmoid redundant megacolon, colonic volvulus can develop, with possible progression to bowel wall ischaemia and perforation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

A disease caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus that is transmitted by blackflies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Onchocerca volvulus that is responsible for the debilitating symptoms of onchocerciasis, "he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Onchocerca volvulus; a nematode worm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

Brugia malayi and Onchocerca volvulus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Malrotation and midgut volvulus.    From Wordnik.com.  [conditions we treat] Reference

Onchocerciasis with O. volvulus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Bowels, twisting, volvulus, or gut-tie, cause, symptoms, and treatment, 72.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

Gut-tie, volvulus, or twisting of bowels, cause, symptoms, and treatment, 72.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

Organic obstructive diseases: tumours, adherences, strangulated hernias, volvulus, invagination, endometriosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference