Onchocerca

Onchocerca is a genus of parasitic roundworm. It contains one human parasite – Onchocerca volvulus – which is responsible for the neglected disease Onchocerciasis, also known as "river blindness" because the infected humans tend to live near rivers where host black flies live. Over 40 million people are infected in Africa, Central America, and South America.[1] Other species affect cattle, horses, etc.[2][3][4][5]

Onchocerca
Adult Black Fly with Onchocerca volvulus emerging from the insect's antenna.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Onchocercidae
Genus: Onchocerca

List of species
Life cycle of Onchocerca volvulus

References
  1. "Medical Microbiology" Archived 7 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Indiana State University. Accessed 14 February 2008.
  2. Bain, O.; Chabaud, A.-G.; Landau, I. (1978). "Trois nouvelles Onchocerques chez des Céphalophes du Gabon". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 53 (4): 403–419. doi:10.1051/parasite/1978534403.
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  5. Uni, S.; Bain, O.; Agatsuma, T.; Harada, M.; Torii, H.; Fukuda, M.; Takaoka, H. (2007). "Onchocerca eberhardi n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from sika deer in Japan; relationships between species parasitic in cervids and bovids in the Holarctic region". Parasite. 14 (3): 199–211. doi:10.1051/parasite2007143199. ISSN 1252-607X.
  6. Mirzaei, Mohammad; Ghahvei, Younes; Lefoulon, Emilie; Lia, Riccardo Paolo; Otranto, Domenico; Martin, Coralie; Sazmand, Alireza (2018). "Morphological and molecular characterization of Onchocerca fasciata (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) from dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Iran". Parasite. 25: 50. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018045. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6146669.
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  8. Bain, O.; Wahl, G.; Renz, A. (1993). "Onchocerca ramachandrini n. sp. from the warthog in Cameroon". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 68 (3): 139–143. doi:10.1051/parasite/1993683139. ISSN 0003-4150.


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