Onchocerca volvulus

is a nematode, a roundworm parasite that belongs to the Filarioidea superfamily. It is endemic (native) to sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Venezuela. It causes an infection known as river blindness... read more

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