Onchocerca volvulus is a nematode that causes onchocerciasis or "river blindness" mostly in Africa. Long-term corneal inflammation, or keratitis, leads to thickening of the corneal stroma which ultimately leads to blindness.
onchocerca volvulusとは意味:回旋糸狀蟲(chóng){かいせん しじょうちゅう} onchocerca volvulus meaning:[Medicine] A species of parasitic nematodes widely distributed throughout central Africa and also found in northern South America,southern Mexico,and Guatemala. Its intermediate host and vector is the...