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onchocerciasis +     
Acanthamoeba Keratitis  
angiostrongyliasis  
Ocular Onchocerciasis  
Filarial infection of the eyes transmitted from person to person by bites of Onchocerca volvulus-infected black flies. The microfilariae of Onchocerca are thus deposited beneath the skin. They migrate through various tissues including the eye. Those persons infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind. The incidence of eye lesions has been reported to be as high as 30% in Central America and parts of Africa.
Ocular Toxoplasmosis  
parasitic conjunctivitis 
parasitic eyelid infestation 
thelaziasis 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: Ocular Onchocerciases ;   River Blindness
Primary IDs: MESH:D015827
Xrefs: EFO:0007398
Definition Sources: MESH:D015827

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