23+ O Volvulus
Pics. Onchocerca volvulus, the causative agent of the disease is a tissue dwelling nematode diagnosed by identification of microfilaria larval stages in skin snip biopsies. Onchocerca volvulus has, for many years, been regarded as the causative agent of river blindness.
A volvulus refers to abnormal twisting of a part of the large or small intestine.
Onchocerca volvulus has, for many years, been regarded as the causative agent of river blindness. Before the early 19th century, expectant management was widely practiced; | domain = animalia | phylum = nematoda | class = secernentea | order = spirurida | family = onchocecidae | genus = onchocerca | species = o. Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness is an eye and skin infection caused by the parasitic worm onchocerca volvulus.
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