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Arthropod-Borne Onchocerciasis: is it deserved to be neglected?
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2015; 45 (3): 639-654
em Inglês | IMEMR | ID: emr-175063
ABSTRACT
Onchocerciasis a filarial parasitic nematode, also known as river blindness and Robles disease, is a neglected tropical disease infecting more than 18 million people mainly in subSaharan of Africa, the Middle East, South and Central America and many other countries. Disease infectivity initiates from Onchocerca volvulus [Filarioidea Onchocercidae] transmitted by the blackfly, Simulium sp. which introduces the infective stage larva with its saliva into the skin. Within human body, adult females [macrofilaria] produce thousands of larvae [microfilariae] which migrate in skin and eye. Infection results in severe visual impairment or blindness for about 2 million, as being the world's second-leading cause of blindness after trachoma, as well as skin onchocercomata
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Índice: IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental) Assunto principal: Simuliidae / Cegueira / Prevalência / Onchocerca volvulus / Doenças Negligenciadas / Filarioidea Tipo de estudo: Estudo de prevalência Idioma: Inglês Revista: J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol. Ano de publicação: 2015

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Índice: IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental) Assunto principal: Simuliidae / Cegueira / Prevalência / Onchocerca volvulus / Doenças Negligenciadas / Filarioidea Tipo de estudo: Estudo de prevalência Idioma: Inglês Revista: J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol. Ano de publicação: 2015