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Infections > Vector Borne Diseases > Onchocerciasis, Ocular
... > Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Helminthiasis > Nematode Infections > Secernentea Infections > Spirurida Infections > Filariasis > Onchocerciasis > Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Infections > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Onchocerciasis > Onchocerciasis, Ocular
... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Onchocerciasis > Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Onchocerciasis > Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Infections > Eye Infections > Eye Infections, Parasitic > Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Eye Diseases > Eye Infections > Eye Infections, Parasitic > Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Eye Infections, Parasitic > Onchocerciasis, Ocular

Preferred term

Onchocerciasis, Ocular  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Blindness, River
  • River Blindness

Note

  • coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent

Scope note

  • Filarial infection of the eyes transmitted from person to person by bites of Onchocerca volvulus-infected black flies. The microfilariae of Onchocerca are thus deposited beneath the skin. They migrate through various tissues including the eye. Those persons infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind. The incidence of eye lesions has been reported to be as high as 30% in Central America and parts of Africa.

History note

  • 90

In other languages

  • jokisokeus

    Finnish

  • Onchocerca volvulus-infektion
  • onchocerciasis
  • onchocercosis
  • onkokerkiaasi
  • onkoserkiaasi
  • onkosersiaasi
  • silmän onkokerkiaasi
  • silmän onkoserkiaasi
  • silmän onkosersiaasi
  • Onchocerciasis, okulär

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015827

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