Tag: river blindness

River blindness (onchocerciasis) is a filarial disease and the second most common cause of infective blindness in the world. It is caused by Onchocerca volvulus, microfilaria which is predominantly found in the high flow rivers in Sub-saharan Africa, Yemen, and Central America.  Pathogenesis The filarial worm onchocerca is transmitted by the bite of an infected…