Onchocerciasis (river blindness)

RIver Blindness (www.who.int/news-room/fa...) is another parasite that demonstrates the inherent cruelty of creation gods. Transmitted by the bites of infected blackflies, river blindness causes severe itching and eye lesions, leading to visual impairment and permanent blindness. Almost eliminated in the region of the Ame...

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Onchocerciasis (river blindness)

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RIver Blindness (www.who.int/news-room/fa...) is another parasite that demonstrates the inherent cruelty of creation gods. Transmitted by the bites of infected blackflies, river blindness causes severe itching and eye lesions, leading to visual impairment and permanent blindness. Almost eliminated in the region of the Ame...