An onchocerca volvulus parasitic worm Credit: Alamy The Onchocerca volvulus parasite spreads through bites from black flies, commonly found near fast-flowing streams and rivers.

Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease that affects the skin and eyes. It’s caused by the worm Onchocerca volvulus. Onchocerca volvulus is a parasite. It’s spread to ...

Some bugs, including ticks and chigoe fleas, can burrow into, lay eggs, or become lodged under your skin. ... Onchocerca volvulus. Like the deer fly and loa loa worm, ...

In sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Latin America, there is a parasitic worm that infects about 25m people, causing serious skin diseases, epilepsy and blindness. Known as Onchocerca volvulus, it ...

STROMECTOL has no activity against adult Onchocerca volvulus parasites.” The FDA adds , “some topical (on the skin) forms of ivermectin are approved to treat external parasites like head lice ...

Roundworms harbor viruses, which could be responsible for these parasites' painful symptoms in humans, scientists theorize.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved moxidectin for the treatment of onchocerciasis (river blindness) due to Onchocerca volvulus in patients ≥12 years of age.. Moxidectin, a ...

Onchocerciasis, which is also known as river blindness, is an infectious condition of the skin and eyes that is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus.Onchocerciasis is transmitted by ...

Onchocerca volvulus -- the parasite that causes river blindness--has not been shown to affect brain function, which would be required if the parasite were also directly responsible for causing NS.

Onchocerciasis is an infectious disease that can cause blindness and permanent skin damage. The source of onchocerciasis is a parasitic worm called Onchocerca volvulus. A person can contract this ...